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Netherlands: Maintenance contract for three support vessels

Netherlands: Maintenance contract for three support vessels

Gepostet von | 17 Feb 2024 | , , , | 0

The Department of Material Maintenance (DMI) of the Dutch Ministry of Defence has signed a five-year contract with the Kinderdijk-based shipyard group Royal IHC in September 2023 to carry out dock-related maintenance work on the two hydrographic survey vessels HNLMS "Snellius" (A802) and HNLMS "Luymes" (A803) and the submarine support and torpedo work vessel HNLMS "Mercuur" (A900). Royal IHC is responsible for the project management, while the docking work will be carried out in cooperation with the Neptune Marine shipyard in neighbouring Hardinxveld-Giessendam. The contract covers a total of five docking periods, twice each for the twenty-year-old survey vessels (81 metres) and once for the torpedo workboat (1987, 64 metres) with...

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Netherlands: Hull Vane trialled at HNLMS GRONINGEN

Netherlands: Hull Vane trialled at HNLMS GRONINGEN

Gepostet von | 14 Feb 2024 | , , , | 0

We have already reported twice here on the innovation of the small company Hull Vane BV, based in Wageningen in the Netherlands. In May 2023, the Hvide Sande shipyard on the west coast of Denmark handed over the first offshore patrol vessel (OPV) to the Danish Fisheries Agency. It was delivered with azimuth propulsion nacelles and in combination with a guide plate from Hull Vane under the stern. Denmark: Hull Vane for OPV NORDSØEN We already reported on the development and function of a Hull Vane, intended for a 108-metre-long and 3,800-tonne "Holland" class offshore patrol vessel (OPV), in February 2023. Netherlands: Hull Vane for the...

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U.S. Navy - Training level lowered again

U.S. Navy - Training level lowered again

Gepostet von | 10 Feb 2024 | , , , | 1

The US Navy had already lowered the test score requirements for new sailors to the lowest level permitted by law and is now cancelling a regulation from the year 2000 that required a secondary school diploma to join the Navy. Requirement profile Recruits without a general education diploma (roughly equivalent to a vocational baccalaureate in Germany) or high school diploma (Abitur) can now apply and be accepted into the armed forces without formal educational qualifications, provided they achieve a score of at least 50 per cent in the Armed Services Qualification Test. This test is roughly equivalent to the recruitment test at a Bundeswehr career centre. Entitlement The...

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Russian Navy: Large workshop ship on its way home - and now?

Russian Navy: Large workshop ship on its way home - and now?

Gepostet von | 1 Feb 2024 | , , | 0

On the last weekend in January, the large workshop ship "PM-82" of the Russian Navy could be seen travelling eastwards in the Fehmarnbelt. The Amur-class ship (project 304, 122 metres, 5,600 tonnes) was accompanied on its journey from Tartus in Syria to Baltiysk by the support ship "Sergey Balk", which has been commuting between the Baltic Sea and the Middle East for almost a year. In the autumn, "Sergey Balk" had only just escorted the Kilo-3 class submarine "Krasnodar" - one of six boats from the first batch of the modified Kilo class (project 636.3, 74 metres, 3,100 tonnes submerged) built for the Black Sea Fleet - from Tartus to St Petersburg for repairs. Accompanied by...

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Great Britain - Laser weapon successfully tested

Great Britain - Laser weapon successfully tested

Gepostet von | 25 Jan 2024 | , , , | 1

London - The UK has moved a step closer to the military use of lasers after successfully trialling its new laser project. The UK Ministry of Defence announced that the "DragonFire" energy system has shot down several drones with laser beams while flying off the coast of Scotland for the first time. Joint project The UK military is pursuing this project with UK industry (MBDA UK, Leonardo UK and QinetiQ) as an effective and cost-efficient way of countering the growing threat from drones and drone swarms. The exact range of DragonFire has not been disclosed, but according to the UK Ministry of Defence, it could provide a...

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