The Royal Netherlands Navy operated together with the Belgian and Estonian navies as part of the "Sandy Coast 25" exercise. The focus this year was on protecting Eemshaven on the Ems estuary, which is important for the transit of NATO military equipment and the harbour of Delfzijl on the Ems, as well as...
After a delay in the 75 India project, the central government in New Delhi has now authorised negotiations on the construction of submarines in cooperation with Germany. The Indo-German submarine deal is worth around €7 billion, comprises six modern submarines based on the Class 214 (72 metres long) and will be built in...
Rohde & Schwarz Spain has supplied communication systems to the Spanish Navy and Navantia for the first of the Navy's new F110 frigates. The F110 frigates of the Bonifaz class will replace the Santa Maria class and are intended for a variety of maritime security and defence tasks. Rohde & Schwarz Spain has developed a comprehensive external communication system for...
Russian drone attack on Ukrainian naval unit For the first time in the chronology of the Ukrainian war, the Kiev Navy was attacked and heavily hit by a Russian surface drone (similar to the Ukrainian Magura V) on 28 August 2025. The incident occurred at night in the delta of the Danube estuary. An evaluation identifies this location around 30...
No strategic German-Norwegian partnership as with the submarines It has been a topic of conversation on the coast for some time: Will the German Navy's goals of planning a successor to the Class 124's air defence capability with the Class 127 be compatible with the Norwegians' plans for a new frigate class? The positive...
On 30 July 2025, the Indian frigate "Tamal" (F 71) passed through the Kiel Canal on her way home. She was on a delivery voyage from Russia to the west coast of India, coming from St. Petersburg. After being christened "Tamal" in Kaliningrad at the beginning of July, India is preparing to welcome the eighth and...
A company from the US state of Vermont has been awarded a fixed-price contract worth around 460 million euros for the scrapping, recycling and disposal of the former USS "Enterprise" (CVN-65). The work in Mobile, Alabama, is due to be completed by November 2029. When it was commissioned in 1961, the historic "Enterprise" was the world's...
The partnership between Rheinmetall and EuroAtlas was announced on 6 August 2025: The GREYSHARK™ autonomous underwater vehicle is to be integrated into the Battlesuite™ digital combat architecture. The common goal: an operational system for maritime surveillance, infrastructure protection and reconnaissance below the military threshold. Autonomous, enduring, networked GREYSHARK™ is a heavy-duty AUV of the 6-...
In the summer of 2025, the Russian Navy deployed surface units and a conventional submarine between the Baltic Sea, the North Atlantic and the Mediterranean. The deployments were visibly and operationally closely interlinked. What can be seen as a reaction to NATO activities is also an expression of strategic adaptation and political signalling at sea. Frigate rotation: "Admiral Grigorovich" in the...
A wonderful sight to see from the banks of the Elbe The "Libertad" is the sail training ship of the Argentinian navy. The three-master, rigged as a full-rigged ship, moored at the jetties in Hamburg at midday. The ship will stay until Friday and then leave Hamburg at 10.00 am. There are 292 seamen on board. How...
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