The thyssenkrupp Marine Systems (tkMS) shipyard wants to be able to build submarines faster and more efficiently in its new hall. The next submarines for Germany and Norway (class U 212 CD) are the most technically advanced of their kind and will now also be built in the most modern halls, CEO Oliver Burkhard told the German...
From a press release by Rostock Naval Command This year's major maritime manoeuvre Northern Coasts (NOCO), one of the most important multinational exercises to strengthen cooperation between the naval forces of Germany and its partners in the Baltic Sea region, will take place from 9 to 23 September 2023. This year, the German Navy is participating with DEU MARFOR for...
A great success, also in terms of donations! It was to be a wonderful evening. A charity concert was to take place in July against the unique historical backdrop of the Mürwik Naval School, the mother house of German naval officers. But the approaching hurricane worried the organisers and the concert was cancelled. And now finally...
Deborah G. Rosenblum, Under Secretary of State for Nuclear, Chemical and Biological Defence Programs at the Pentagon, outlined the new course for the modernisation of US nuclear weapons at a press conference on Friday, 25 August 2023. Among other things, Washington wants to replace the Minuteman III with the Sentinel intercontinental ballistic missile system, the Columbia-class ballistic missile submarine (SSBN)...
Australia has placed an order with Rheinmetall for the delivery of intelligent naval mines, as the company announced on 29 August. This is a major order with a volume in the three-digit million euro range, with more to follow. Details - such as type and quantity - of the intelligent sea mines, which are categorised as strategic warfare equipment, were not...
Armaments and electronics group Rohde und Schwarz opens a branch in Kiel On 30 August 2023, a new company location was officially opened in Kiel Science Park with guests from politics, the German Armed Forces and industry. National and international marine projects are to be managed from Kiel. In order to continue the traditionally close cooperation with the German...
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Plymouth/UK: Almost two centuries after Charles Darwin's journey around the world, a group of researchers has followed in his footsteps. They set off from the southern English port city on 15 August 2023 on a two-year sea voyage on the Dutch three-masted topsail schooner "Oosterschelde" (built in 1917, 50 metres long). The DARWIN200 expedition will cover four continents, discovering the local wildlife and...
From a Bundeswehr press release
...[et_pb_section fb_built="1" _builder_version="4.16" global_colors_info="{}"][et_pb_row _builder_version="4.16" background_size="initial" background_position="top_left" background_repeat="repeat" global_colors_info="{}"][et_pb_column type="4_4" _builder_version="4.16" custom_padding="|||" global_colors_info="{}" custom_padding__hover="|||"][et_pb_text _builder_version="4.16" background_size="initial" background_position="top_left" background_repeat="repeat" global_colors_info="{}"]The search and rescue pilots' meeting took place at the naval air base in Nordholz from 24 August to 28 August 2023. The fly-in on Thursday already gave an idea of what visitors to this year's event can expect....
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