In a 15-minute interview with Flotilla Admiral Axel Schulz, the head of Operational Flotilla 2 explains the German Navy's major project for 2024. It took place in the YouTube format "Nachgefragt" on bundeswehr.de, the Bundeswehr's web portal, and was published on 22 March 2024 under the title "Military cooperation must also be cultivated locally"....
A tanker from the Russian "shadow fleet" is involved in a collision near Skagen/Denmark, once again highlighting a known risk: ships on the world's oceans with unknown owners and maintenance conditions, as well as a lack of insurance. Such ships for the transport of Russian crude oil and other oil products have been...
The US Navy has ordered a total of 17 P-8A Poseidon maritime surveillance aircraft from Boeing for around 3 billion euros; 14 aircraft for the Royal Canadian Air Force and three more for the German Navy. Following the initial order of five aircraft in June 2021, Germany is now procuring three more for the...
Prime Minister Mark Rutte and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky signed the announced ten-year security agreement in Kharkiv on 1 March. The agreement focuses on medium and long-term military and political support. In addition to the Netherlands, countries such as the UK, Germany, France, Italy, Canada and the EU had previously...
The Dutch government has informed the House of Representatives and the public that HNLMS "Tromp" (De Zeven Provinciën class, 144 metres) will also be transiting the Red Sea on its way to the Indo-Pacific. The anti-aircraft frigate departed from Den Helder on 9 March and will be deployed for around 25 days at the end of March on the US-led maritime...
From a press release of the Rostock Naval Command: On Thursday, 21 March 2024 at 10 a.m., the frigate "Brandenburg" will leave its home port of Wilhelmshaven to take part in the mandated foreign mission UNIFIL (United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon) off the Lebanese coast. Under the command of frigate captain Andreas Scheiba (45), the crew will...
Philip Lüdecke joins MTG Philip Lüdecke joins the MTG team and will work on concepts for maritime command and control and weapon deployment systems and will also be active in customer consulting. Lüdecke joins MTG from Thyssen Krupp Marine systems (tkMs), where he was Head of Procurement Platform Systems and Head of...
Successor to the Walrus class - procurement decision in the Netherlands in favour of France It seemed to be on the cards: the French Naval Group's design has prevailed for the successor to the Walrus submarines. The decision to award the contract is provisional, as the current decision in the Council of Ministers still requires parliamentary approval. A meeting is scheduled for 27 March...
Manuela Schwesig, Minister President of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, visited the Dutch naval shipyard Damen Naval in Vlissingen on 11 March 2024 as part of a delegation trip by the German Federal Council. She was informed about the maritime industry in the Netherlands and German-Dutch cooperation in the field of shipbuilding and defence technology. She paid particular attention to...
This article was actually about the NATO manoeuvre Steadfast Defender 2024, which is currently appearing as a keyword on all news channels in Western and Central Europe. Actually - because on 7 March 2024, Sweden became the 32nd member of NATO when US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken handed over the certificate in Washington/DC....
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