Shipping industry wants to remove the classification as a high-risk area There are increasing calls from shipping organisations to remove the high-risk area in the Indian Ocean. The International Maritime Organisation (IMO) of the United Nations was informed today - before the next meeting of its Maritime Safety Committee on 31 October - by the International Chamber of Shipping (ICS), BIMCO, the International...
In mid-August, Polish shipbuilder Remontowa Shipbuilding handed over the second boat of the Kormoran class minehunter (project 528, 850 tonnes) to the Polish Navy. The 58 metre long "Albatros" had previously undergone several months of sea trials and acceptance voyages to prove the full functionality of all systems on board. This was also...
The topic of hypersonic weapons is also slowly taking shape in the US Navy! Huntington Ingalls Industries (HII) has been selected to install the first launch systems for the American missiles in the Zumwalt-class destroyers USS Zumwalt and USS Michael Monsoor, according to the Naval Sea Systems Command. The modernisation measures...
Every now and then you have to pull out an old message and give it a new status. This is also the case here. The F/A-18E Super Hornet fighter aircraft that was swept off the flight deck of the USS Harry S. Truman in the Mediterranean on 8 July due to sudden adverse weather conditions was recovered in less than 24...
The US Navy has placed an order with Boeing for the series production of the so-called High-Altitude Anti-Submarine Warfare Weapon Capability (HAAWC). This is a 'glide body', a so-called Air Launch Accessory (ALA) kit, which is attached to a Mk 54 U-Jagd torpedo. The folding wings spread out after the launch of the HAAWC...
DARPA (US Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency) is entering stage 2 of its NOMARS programme (No Manning Required Ship) for the development of ships that no longer require human intervention during navigation. The aim is to build a demonstrator for a medium-sized vessel MUSV (Medium Unmanned Surface Vessel) that can operate at the highest...
The U.S. Navy has deployed four substantial ships of the Kearsarge Amphibious Ready Group (ARG) to major Baltic ports and capitals following two weeks of bilateral training and exercise serials with Finnish units in the waters of the new NATO member. Big visit The USS Kearsarge, a Wasp-class amphibious assault carrier with 42,000...
Ukraine had already signed a construction contract for four ADA-class corvettes (MILGEM project) with Turkey in mid-December 2020 - with the option of a fifth if things go well. Initial stipulations envisaged the complete construction of the type ship in Turkish hands. Renegotiations with the aim of increasing the transfer of technology from...
Convert old oil and gas fields to green electricity - or close them prematurely! In the current German energy situation, it is worth taking a look at other European countries. We in Germany should not simply believe that our European partners can supply us with unlimited energy. Looking at Norway, we recognise...
Just a few days after the significant explosions at the Saki airbase around 40 kilometres north of Sevastopol and the dismissal of the head of the Black Sea Fleet by Moscow, there were further attacks on Russian facilities on the Crimean peninsula. Exactly one week after the first incident, there were explosions in...
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