On 17 January 2025, Boris Pistorius, Federal Minister of Defence, will visit the shipyard in Wismar. thyssenkrupp Marine Systems bought the shipyard in 2022 and is now investing a three-digit million sum to develop it into a naval shipbuilding site for the construction of new submarine and surface projects. In the future, submarines of the class...
It's January and, like every year, it's the big event: the legendary HiTaTa, the Historical Tactical Conference of the Navy. For the 64th time, naval officers met for this legendary event. Only a few external participants are invited to this exclusive event. You have to be an inspector of the navy, commander of the fleet,...
On 11 January 2025, at 10 a.m., the minehunting vessel "Datteln" will leave Kiel and become part of the Standing NATO Mine Countermeasures Group 1 (SNMCMG 1) in the coming months. The crew of the "Datteln", under the command of frigate captain Marcus Fiene, will, after months of training, become part of...
Today, the Federal Minister of Defence, Boris Pistorius, will visit the naval aviators in Nordholz. He will find out about the diverse capabilities and future direction of the "flying fleet" as well as the status of the introduction of new weapon systems. The tightly synchronised rotation of all flying weapon systems in parallel with the numerous deployments, missions and exercises...
At the beginning of December 2024, the German government launched the "National Security and Defence Industry Strategy", which had been planned for some time. The cabinet decision replaces the previous strategy paper from 2020 and responds to the changed security policy circumstances, particularly as a result of the Russian war of aggression against Ukraine. The National Security and Defence Strategy is intended to...
The sinking of the "Ursa Major" on 23 December 2024 attracted international attention. The Russian cargo ship sank after an explosion in the engine room in international waters in the Mediterranean between Spain and Algeria. The cause remains unclear, but Moscow claims to be the victim of a terrorist attack. We look at the current movements of the...
The damage is critical! Not only an allegedly lost anchor, but also espionage intent likely On 25 December 2024 at around 13:00 local time, Estlink 2, a power link between Finland and Estonia, was destroyed. Estlink has a capacity of 650 MW and was built to protect the Baltic states from Russian...
Critical IT services thus even better secured With the implementation and operation of the so-called data centre network, RzV for short, a completely new IT network of modern, expandable and standardised data centres is being set up and operated in the BMVg division in compliance with military security and information security requirements. This will provide the Ministry of Defence with state-of-the-art...
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...The frigate "Hamburg" arrived in Wilhelmshaven today, Friday 20 December 2024, at 10 a.m. The ship has contributed to security in the Eastern Mediterranean over the past six months. "The performance of the crew makes me proud. The professionalism and dedication of each individual over a long period...
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