Diehl Defence and Lockheed Martin expand global PAC-3 MSE supply chain...
Rohde & Schwarz supplies NAVICS for Australian Border Force patrol boats built in Australia...
Although the German security and defence industry sees state involvement in securing key technologies as a good thing in principle, CEO Dr Hans Christoph Atzpodien points to private sector performance....
The aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78) was in Oslo on 12 September 2025 for a planned port visit....
We have been eagerly awaiting it, now it has happened: IRIS-T SLM also hits "on the high seas" during the German Navy's "Maritime Firing Exercise" off Norway...
Virginia-class submarine Massachusetts (SSN 798) successfully completes sea trials....

The VSM (German Shipbuilding and Ocean Industries Association) has issued a clear call for decisions and decisive action Managing Director Reinhard Lüken comments on the situation in the association's October 2025 newsletter. The German naval shipbuilding industry is efficient, but the administration and politicians need to improve their cooperation in order to actually seize the opportunities presented by the turnaround in naval procurement.

The "Redwing" underwater mission: What the new glider can do - and what it (can't) do for defence and security Teledyne Marine (Thousand Oaks, California) and Rutgers University (New Brunswick, New Jersey) sent the Slocum Sentinel glider "Redwing" on an orbit of the earth lasting up to five years off Martha's Vineyard (Massachusetts) on 10 October 2025...

Launched in 2017, the FDI programme aims to equip the French Navy with a modern surface fleet of 4,500-tonne multi-purpose frigates. The first steel cut took place in 2019, the "Amiral Ronarc'h" (D 660) was launched in 2022 and has been undergoing sea trials since 2024. It is planned that the ship, starting in October,...

On 3 October 2025, the S-82 "Narciso Monturiol" was ceremoniously christened in Cartagena. The second boat in the S-80-Plus class marks a turning point for Spain, and not just in terms of technology, after decades of dependence on French licences. Construction and propulsion The 81-metre-long boats displace around 3,000 tonnes when submerged. They have a pressurised hull...

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