Officer training in the navy: The navy is fundamentally reforming its officer training: more practical experience, earlier commitment to the fleet and better preparation for studies and deployment....
Doubts about voluntary military service - Bundeswehr fails to meet personnel targets, focus shifts back to compulsory military service....
Digital ghost fleet - 40 phantom warships in six hours: An extraordinary navigation event raises questions about strategic ambiguity and hybrid warfare....
Future Navy - Maritime combat power of the future is created through networked thinking, a new leadership culture and multi-domain operations. Technology alone is not enough....
Naval bases in Germany: The threat to Germany is not only perceived to be increasing. The navy has therefore decided to set up new defence companies at its bases....
Corvette Cologne - She is shaping a new tradition with the Old Town. A naval button connects crew and carnival and strengthens the city's special partnership....
Interview with naval aviators: between P-8A, Sea Tiger and drones - challenges of the next decade...

With the US Foreign Military Sales programme, it took less than five years from order to delivery of the first P-8A. A concept with potential for Germany? The procurement of large defence equipment for the Bundeswehr is usually a lengthy and usually expensive process. For the replacement procurement of a maritime patrol aircraft, the...

The Littoral Combat Ships were once planned as an all-purpose weapon. Following the failure of the concept and a reorganisation, the last units will be commissioned this year. On 15 November 2025, the nineteenth and last ship of the INDEPENDENCE class, the PIERRE, was ceremoniously commissioned. The fifteenth and penultimate...

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