Category: Marines from all over the world

A watchful gaze from space

A watchful gaze from space

Posted by | 28 Jun 2021 | , , , , | 0

The Royal Navy has extended a contract with Airbus for satellite-based maritime surveillance by one year. This was preceded by a proof-of-concept phase. As part of the agreement, the Joint Maritime Security Centre (JMSC) will be provided with images from optical and radar sources and reports generated from them. This will continue to enable the seamless observation of all vessels in important British sea areas. The JMSC is the UK Government's Centre of Excellence for Maritime Security. The data now supplied by Airbus complements and refines the centre's own observations. The contract includes so-called Vessel Detection Reports. Their content is based on the analysis of SAR data,...

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Canada's new AOPS: The long wait is over

Canada's new AOPS: The long wait is over

Posted by | 28 Jun 2021 | , , , | 0

Last Saturday (26 June), the Canadian Navy commissioned the Harry DeWolf. She is the first newbuilding to join the Canadian fleet in almost 25 years. Together with her sisters, the first of six planned Arctic and Offshore Patrol Ships (AOPS) will once again focus the country's attention on operations in the Arctic. For the Royal Canadian Navy, they are also the first ships to be used as icebreakers since HMCS Labrador was decommissioned in 1958. The Harry DeWolf, named after a Canadian vice admiral, was laid down at Halifax Shipyards in 2016....

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Summer visit to the polar bears

Summer visit to the polar bears

Posted by | 26 Jun 2021 | , , , , , , | 0

While the thermometers in Central Europe are showing summer heat, the British research vessel Protector has set an icy record. Never before has a Royal Navy ship travelled further north than 80° 41.5' N. To be fair, this does not include submarines, which pass under the perpetual ice and then break through the ice cover when they surface at a suitable point. The Protector has now come within 1050 kilometres of the North Pole to collect data on the ocean and the environment. It was a long way to get there, as the research vessel had not travelled to the...

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Boeing relies on ESG and Lufthansa Technik for P-8A

Boeing relies on ESG and Lufthansa Technik for P-8A

Posted by | 24 Jun 2021 | , , , , , | 0

The Bundeswehr's decision to procure the P-8A from Boeing has been a long time coming. Now the first co-operations are already forming. Elektroniksystem- und Logistik-GmbH (ESG) and Lufthansa Technik have signed a memorandum of understanding with the Americans to examine opportunities for co-operation in the areas of system integration, training, maintenance and overhaul. "Together with ESG and Lufthansa Technik, we will provide local and cost-effective support, training, maintenance and overhaul solutions that will enable the German Navy to achieve the highest operational availability to fulfil its missions," said Dr Michael Haidinger, President of Boeing Germany. ESG has been a partner to the German Armed Forces and naval aviators for...

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Verwirrung um Warnschüsse und Bomben im Schwarzen Meer

Verwirrung um Warnschüsse und Bomben im Schwarzen Meer

Posted by | 23 Jun 2021 | , , , | 0

Nach Angaben des russischen Verteidigungsministeriums ist am 23. Juni der britische Zerstörer HMS Defender drei Kilometer weit in die Hoheitsgewässer des Landes eingedrungen. Daraufhin habe ein Grenzschutzschiff Warnschüsse abgegeben und ein Kampfflugzeug vom Typ Su-24M habe Bomben vor das britische Kriegsschiff geworfen. Daraufhin sei es abgedreht und habe die russischen Gewässer verlassen. Der Vorfall ereignete sich kurz nach 12:00 Uhr südlich von Sewastopol im Schwarzen Meer. Das britische Verteidigungsministerium hingegen meldete, dass keine Warnschüsse auf die Defender abgegeben worden seien. Verteidigungsminister Ben Wallace erklärte, dass der Zerstörer einen Routinetransit von Odessa nach Georgien durchgeführt habe. "Wie es normal auf dieser...

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