Category: Technology

Tight schedule for the Sea Falcon

Tight schedule for the Sea Falcon

Posted by | 27 Apr 2021 | , , | 0

Unmanned systems will become increasingly important in the German Navy in the future. The MovMUAS project is currently taking centre stage for the corvettes. Fabian Henning The idea of unmanned aviation is as old as aviation itself. The military has always been the driving force behind the development of such unmanned systems due to the wide range of possible applications. With the rapidly advancing technologies of our dawning information age, there are new outstanding opportunities for unmanned aerial vehicles, which are revitalising applications in the military sector. In the German Navy, this development is taking place against the backdrop of a fundamental, future-orientated change in naval aviation. We are currently experiencing...

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Charting a new course together

Charting a new course together

Posted by | 27 Apr 2021 | , , , | 0

European cooperation has proven its worth in many areas of the defence industry. Can German-Dutch cooperation become the nucleus for European naval shipbuilding? Christian Freiherr von Oldershausen and Marcel Hendriks Last summer, the Federal Ministry of Defence signed a contract with Damen Schelde Naval Shipyards and Thales for the construction of four frigates 126, the former multi-purpose combat ship 180 (MKS 180). The fact that the new naval combat ship, which was put out to tender across Europe, is to be built by Blohm+Voss in Hamburg under Dutch leadership, caused a great deal of controversy in politics and industry. Understandably so, because in addition to a possible wound to national pride, there were concerns that...

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Tight schedule for the Sea Falcon

Tight schedule for the Sea Falcon

Posted by | 12 Apr 2021 | , | 0

Unmanned systems will become increasingly important in the German Navy in the future. The VorMUAS project is currently taking centre stage for the corvettes. The idea of unmanned aviation is as old as aviation itself. The military has always been the driving force behind the development of such unmanned systems due to the wide range of possible applications. The rapidly advancing technologies of our dawning information age offer new, outstanding opportunities for unmanned aerial vehicles, which are revitalising applications in the military sector. In the German Navy, this development is taking place against the background of a fundamental, future-orientated change in naval aviation. We are currently experiencing the changeover to...

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The commander stays at home

The commander stays at home

Posted by | 12 Apr 2021 | , | 0

Durch moderne Kommunikations- und Informationstechnik werden unbemannte oder autonome Waffensysteme auch auf See möglich. Vor dem Einsatz sind jedoch noch vielfältige Fragen zu beantworten. Wahrnehmungen und Erwartungen zum Thema technische Systeme, die eigenständig handlungsfähig sind, werden spätestens seit 1984 nachhaltig geprägt vom „Terminator“ und von der dahinter agierenden technischen Intelligenz „Skynet“. Ein Maschinenstaat mit nahezu unlimitierten Fähigkeiten, die nur noch übertroffen werden von seinem Willen zur Macht, grenzenloser Amoralität und Feindschaft zur Menschheit. Wenn von autonomen Systemen die Rede ist, werden Bilder und Story vom Terminator beinahe automatisch mitgedacht. Die technologische Realität hebt sich davon deutlich ab. Zwar fliegen...

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Piled high, fallen low

Piled high, fallen low

Posted by | 16 Mar 2021 | , , , | 0

The MSC Zoe lost hundreds of containers in the North Sea in 2019. Are similar accidents inevitable? The MSC Zoe accident, in which more than 342 containers went overboard off the Frisian Islands on the night of 2 January 2019, was apparently caused by the extreme rolling movements of the container ship in the stormy sea. At least that is the preliminary conclusion of the Federal Bureau of Maritime Casualty Investigation (BSU) in Hamburg. According to the BSU, it was assumed that the huge ship rolled back and forth so much in the choppy sea that the lugs on the containers could no longer withstand the enormous loads...

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