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New boarding suit advertised

New boarding suit advertised

Gepostet von | 21 Feb 2024 | , , , | 4

It's supposed to be more practical, but it's already chic! It came as something of a surprise to many when the Inspector of the Navy, Vice Admiral Jan-Christian Kaack, announced at the 63rd Historical-Tactical Conference of the Navy on 11 January: "This year will see the first prototype of a new combat suit - without a light blue shirt." The subsequent murmur in the hall indicated that there was probably not so much insider knowledge after all. Now it is public. Bundeswehr Bekleidungsmanagement GmbH has launched a competition for the procurement of a "Marine Clothing System". This can be read on the European online procurement platform TED on 13 February. It was reported...

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Red Sea: The situation before the mandate for the navy

Red Sea: The situation before the mandate for the navy

Gepostet von | 20 Feb 2024 | , , , | 0

While the German frigate "Hessen" has arrived in Souda Bay (Crete) on its way to the area of operations for resupply, the situation in the south of the Red Sea is becoming turbulent. During the course of the day on 19 February, UKTMO reported a possible attack on a ship approx. 100 nautical miles east of Aden (Incident 033). According to UKTMO, an explosion was detected in the immediate vicinity of the vessel. This was followed by another explosion in the air. The ship and crew are reportedly safe and on their way. According to Reuters, it was a bulk carrier sailing under the Greek flag. On the evening of 18 February, an...

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"Bonn" task force supply ship as a baptism of fire for the Warnowwerft shipyard

"Bonn" task force supply ship as a baptism of fire for the Warnowwerft shipyard

Gepostet von | 19 Feb 2024 | , , | 1

This is how the navy wanted it: fast and pragmatic cooperation between armoury operations and the fleet! On 15 January 2024, the task force provider "Bonn" sailed from Wilhelmshaven. At the beginning of the year, the ship was supposed to be part of the NATO Very High Readiness Joint Task Force Maritime (VJTF M), i.e. deployed on the northern flank. Well, this has now turned into an unscheduled maintenance phase. Damage to the ship's propulsion system forced the ship's command led by Commander Fregattenkapitän Deußen to reschedule this voyage. The damage was to be repaired during the mission - and as quickly as possible in a dry dock so that the ship could be made available to the organisation again....

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Netherlands: Maintenance contract for three support vessels

Netherlands: Maintenance contract for three support vessels

Gepostet von | 17 Feb 2024 | , , , | 0

The Department of Material Maintenance (DMI) of the Dutch Ministry of Defence has signed a five-year contract with the Kinderdijk-based shipyard group Royal IHC in September 2023 to carry out dock-related maintenance work on the two hydrographic survey vessels HNLMS "Snellius" (A802) and HNLMS "Luymes" (A803) and the submarine support and torpedo work vessel HNLMS "Mercuur" (A900). Royal IHC is responsible for the project management, while the docking work will be carried out in cooperation with the Neptune Marine shipyard in neighbouring Hardinxveld-Giessendam. The contract covers a total of five docking periods, twice each for the twenty-year-old survey vessels (81 metres) and once for the torpedo workboat (1987, 64 metres) with...

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Frigate 125: Support contract extended by five years

Frigate 125: Support contract extended by five years

Gepostet von | 16 Feb 2024 | , , , | 0

The Federal Office of Bundeswehr Equipment, Information Technology and In-Service Support (BAAINBw) in Koblenz is focusing on continuity and has extended the existing contract with the F125 consortium (ARGE) for the technical and logistical support of the "Baden-Württemberg" class until March 2029. The consortium is made up of the lead company thyssenkrupp Marine Systems (tkMS) and the northern German shipyard group Naval Vessels Lürssen (NVL Group). The contract extension, which covers all four ships and the associated testing and training centre in Wilhelmshaven, is primarily intended to maintain the operational readiness of the ship class in the face of constantly changing requirements, as the F125 ships will form the backbone of the German naval fleet in the coming years.

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