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Photo: Turkish drone carrier ANADOLU. Turkish MoD
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digital+ contribution Drone carrier Turkey - Spanish maintenance contract

Drone carrier Turkey: Navantia takes over maintenance of the amphibious assault ship „Anadolu“. The ship is increasingly being geared towards unmanned aerial vehicles....
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Photo: Moelner 2026 multinational exercise, Bundeswehr/Julia Kelm
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Mjølner 2026 manoeuvre in northern Norway - practice on the northern flank

Mjølner 2026 manoeuvre: On 1 May 2026, the ships involved in the Mjølner 2026 exercise arrived in Harstad, Norway, for the first time. Their arrival marks the start of the visible preparatory phase of a multinational maritime exercise under German leadership....
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Photo: Flotilla Admiral Sven Beck congratulates the recruits, Rodewald
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Public pledge in Wilhelmshaven

Public swearing-in ceremony in Wilhelmshaven: On 30 April 2026, the swearing-in ceremony and ceremonial swearing-in of the recruits of the Wilhelmshaven Protection Company took place on the town hall square in Wilhelmshaven....
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Warm North Sea water, only fun for children. Photo: kdk

North Sea warmer than ever before in 2025

North Sea warmer than ever before in 2025: North Sea reaches record temperature of 11.6 degrees in 2025 Baltic Sea also significantly warmer - with heatwave and possible cold extremes at the same time....
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Photo: Federal Chancellor Friedrich Merz at the National Maritime Conference in Emden 2026, hsc
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National Maritime Conference in Emden

National Maritime Conference in Emden - It is the 14th National Maritime Conference in Germany and it is being held at its founding venue. Emden. Maritime security takes centre stage. Politics, navy and industry discuss strategy and implementation....
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Photo: Flight safety exercise at Nordholz Naval Air Base, Bw/Krone
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Naval aviator - collision of two aircraft, a flight safety exercise

Naval aviators: In a simulated scenario, a Sea Lynx helicopter and a P-3C Orion maritime patrol aircraft collided on the taxiway. Both aircraft were on fire....
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Photo: Minehunting boat Fulda in Kiel, MFO
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Mine hunting in the Strait of Hormuz: The German contribution

Minehunting in the Strait of Hormuz: On Monday, 4 May 2026, the minehunting boat "Fulda" will set sail for the Mediterranean at 2 p.m. as part of an advance deployment for a possible operation in the Strait of Hormuz....
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Photo: Christening of the corvette Lübeck, Andreas Uhl
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Last corvette K130 christened Lübeck

Last K130 corvette christened: On Wednesday, 29 April 2026, the last of the German Navy's five new Class 130 corvettes (second batch) was christened Lübeck by Huong Nguyen, partner of Lübeck City President Henning Schumann, at Rheinmetall's Blohm+Voss site in Hamburg....
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Design study of the new patrol boats. Image: Dutch MoD
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Netherlands - New patrol boats with greater range and assertiveness

Netherlands - New patrol boats...
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Photo: WP960 in swarm use - Eelume S All-Terrain, Eelume
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Norway Mine defence - in a swarm against the mines

Norway Mine Defence - Norway relies on swarms of drones for mine defence. USV WP960 controls autonomous Eelume AUVs for efficient search and clearance....
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Photo: @ Hamburg Messe und Congress/ Rene Zieger

MS&D Conference 2026 Hamburg

The MS&D Conference & Expo 2026 will take place from 1 to 4 September 2026 in Hamburg as part of SMM.

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