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For efficient maintenance!

For efficient maintenance!

Posted by | 21 Dec 2020 | , | 0

The topic of material maintenance has caused a great deal of dissatisfaction in recent years: in the Federal Ministry of Defence, in the Federal Office of Bundeswehr Equipment, Information Technology and In-Service Support (BAAINBw), in industry, in politics and among soldiers. The players are quite irreconcilable in their respective perspectives and the debates about planning, operational readiness, adherence to deadlines and budgets, bureaucracy and procurement law are never-ending. However, there is a common interest: a well-equipped navy with many units at sea! That is why it is important that the key aspects underlying this issue are now comprehensively rethought: the actual planning and deployment...

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Safe navigation through sea mine detection

Safe navigation through sea mine detection

Posted by | 9 Dec 2020 | , , | 0

Professor Andreas Karcher and his team at the Institute of Applied Computer Science at the University of the Federal Armed Forces in Munich are researching a system in cooperation with the Wehrtechnische Dienststelle für Schiffe und Marinewaffen, Maritime Technologie und Forschung (WTD 71) that helps to detect sea mines under water more effectively than previously possible. Sea mines are a danger to shipping. They have a serious impact on the feasibility of operations and on operational procedures. The more automatically they can be rendered harmless, the less manpower is required. Automatic detection of this hazard plays a key role here. This must be analysed in the operational system context. With the same systemic...

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The state of the German Navy's armaments

The state of the German Navy's armaments

Posted by | 9 Dec 2020 | , , , | 0

The poet and writer Eugen Roth once wrote: Man piously and silently hopes that he will one day get what he wants; until he succumbs to delusion and ends up wanting what he gets. One cannot help but get the impression that Eugen Roth had an inner inkling of how armaments are sometimes carried out in today's armed forces. This article deals with the question of what the navy wants and what it actually gets. It is in the nature of things that naval armaments must be designed for the long term. The planning, procurement and...

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The enablers

The enablers

Posted by | 9 Dec 2020 | , , | 0

Expanding maritime capabilities with amphibious assault boats Early in the morning on the western edge of the Pacific: small teams of Marines in company strength storm towards remote islands in their mobile assault boats. Supported by unmanned drones, the US Marines attack enemy landing ships and other warships with missiles before they can unload their invasion forces or advance into the depths of the Pacific. The target data generated by the combat boats is simultaneously passed on to your own air force and navy. These support the defence campaign with long-range missiles. In order to evade potential retaliatory strikes from the air, the Leathernecks change their location every 48 to 72 hours by moving from...

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