The Patriot, Iris-T and Arrow land-based systems are the talk of the town when it comes to air defence. However, the German Navy already has modern and effective weapons for this purpose in the form of frigates 124. Russia's unlawful war against cities and critical civilian infrastructure in the Ukraine is finally also leading to a war in Germany...
The Navy and Marine Corps are planning the joint construction of amphibious units. However, different ideas are jeopardising the success of the project. The US Navy is planning to introduce a new class of light amphibious warship (LAW) for transporting marines to the theatre of operations. A decision regarding the ship design is to be made in...
Dieter Hanel traced the development of the Bundeswehr and navy in Kiel in marineforum 7/8-2022. In the second part, the author takes a look at the maritime industry in the state capital. The rearmament of Germany and the formation of the Bundeswehr in 1955 also marked the beginning of the reconstruction of a German defence industry....
The world has not seen a high-intensity naval battle for decades. In view of the Russian attack on Ukraine, the urgent question now arises as to how naval warfare needs to be rethought. You would think that the Russian attack on Ukraine would have made life easier for planners. After all...
...we are following the annual review for 2022. Events in the world have unfolded at a speed that we could not - or did not want to - imagine. With the hope of an imminent end to the pandemic, the desire for good governance in Berlin and a bright future with those in power in...
It is not only since the beginning of the Ukraine war that Germany has claimed leadership in the Baltic Sea. With Deu Marfor, the navy has an important element to achieve this goal. The announcement of the "turning point" on 27 February 2022 by Olaf Scholz in response to the Russian attack on Ukraine is in many respects...
In future, sea mines are to be detected and identified in a fully automated process. Joint trials between WTD 71 and Atlas Elektronik demonstrate the potential. In September 2021, the Wehrtechnische Dienststelle für Schiffe und Marinewaffen, Maritime Technologie und Forschung (WTD 71) took part in the REP(MUS) trials (Robotic Experimentation and Prototyping Augmented by Maritime...
The "Stan Patrol" design developed by the Dutch Damen Shipyard Group has become a bestseller in various versions. Even the Royal now uses a vehicle of this type for test purposes and the Italian financial police (Guardia di Finanza) recently took delivery of one of the 60-metre units. It is to be the type ship of a new "Bandiera" class...
The port company Niedersachsen Ports (NPorts) has awarded the contract for the construction of a second jetty for the handling of liquefied natural gas - LNG handling is to start in Stade in winter 2023/2024 in order to strengthen Germany's security of supply with gas. A new port infrastructure and superstructure must be developed in good time for this. At NPorts...
The Hitzler shipyard in Lauenburg will build the "Ludwig Prandtl II" to replace its namesake. The Helmholtz Centre Hereon in Geesthacht is the client for the 15 million euro new build, which is being financed by the federal government. The new vessel is 29.90 metres long, eight metres wide and only 1.6 metres deep.
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