Category: Security policy

US aircraft carrier "JFK" - one name, two generations

US aircraft carrier "JFK" - one name, two generations

Gepostet von | 4 Feb 2025 | , , , | 0

The famous US aircraft carrier, the "John F. Kennedy" (CV-67), has embarked on its final journey to be scrapped. Plans to turn the veteran into a floating museum have failed for cost reasons, but the story will continue. From 16 January, three tugs towed the "Big John" from her anchorage off Philadelphia down the east coast of the USA to the Gulf of Mexico in Brownsville, Texas. The cutting torches have been waiting for the Hulk there since 28 January 2025. The carrier, like the original namesake of the class USS "Kitty Hawk", was sold to the recycling company International Shipbreaking Limited for the symbolic sum of one US cent...

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Cologne-based engine manufacturer eyes tkMS

Cologne-based engine manufacturer eyes tkMS

Gepostet von | 27 Jan 2025 | , , , | 0

The traditional Cologne-based company Deutz has expressed interest in taking over the thyssenkrupp Marine Systems (tkMS) naval shipyard, according to the Handelsblatt report. Thyssenkrupp, parent company and steel manufacturer from the Ruhr region, has been examining various options for the future of its marine division tkMS, which is internationally renowned for the construction of submarines in particular, for some time. The CEO of tkMS is also in favour of the company's independence with industrial partnerships. Supply and demand After the planned sale to US investor Carlyle fell through due to political concerns, there is now a new candidate in the form of engine manufacturer Deutz. According to tkMS, however, several companies have made confidential enquiries.

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Boris Pistorius visits shipyards

Boris Pistorius visits shipyards

Gepostet von | 24 Jan 2025 | , , , | 1

Defence Minister Boris Pistorius visits naval shipbuilding yards in Wismar and Bremen On 17 January, the Federal Minister of Defence visited ThyssenKrupp Marine Systems (tkMS) in Wismar. The reason was the award of the contract for the new 212 CD (Common Design) submarines. Six of these submarines will be manufactured for the German Navy and Norway is expected to order a further six. Today, Boris Pistorius visited Bremen's defence industry. Accompanied by Bremen's mayor Andreas Bovenschulte, he was at the NVL (Naval Vessels Lürssen) site in Bremen-Vegesack for talks with Friedrich Lürssen, shareholder of the Lürssen Group, and Tim Wagner, CEO of NVL. Minister Pistorius was informed about the status of...

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Estonia protects submarine cable

Estonia protects submarine cable

Gepostet von | 24 Jan 2025 | , , , | 0

Estonia has also directly deployed a naval vessel to monitor the underwater infrastructure in the Baltic Sea after Finland detained the oil tanker "Eagle S", which is part of the Russian shadow fleet. The tanker is suspected of having damaged the Estlink 2 power cable with its anchor on 25 December 2024. This is the third incident of this kind within a year. Since then, the coast guard vessel "Raju" (P6732, 44 metres in length) has been patrolling the sea area of Estlink 1, a 105-kilometre-long power line between Finland and Estonia. "Our task is to immediately send a clear message that we are ready to protect the connections between Estonia and Finland with military...

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