Category: Shipbuilding

Virtual training for the F 125

Virtual training for the F 125

Posted by | 20 Dec 2024 | , , , | 0

The German Navy will rely on a virtual reality (VR)-based training simulation for the boat launching system of the frigate 125 in future. The contract concluded with ARGE F125, consisting of thyssenkrupp Marine Systems and NVL, provides for the delivery of a VR simulator for the operation and training of a boat launching device by the end of 2026. The future use offers numerous advantages for the German Navy. The virtual reality training environment developed by the NVL enables a practical simulation of real scenarios without the need for extensive resources or logistical preparations. Among other things, the integration of the original control centre of the crane system into the virtual reality training...

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MTG with new top

MTG with new top

Posted by | 28 Nov 2024 | , , , | 0

Dr Björn Weidemann will succeed graduate engineer Guido Gerdemann As the Hamburg-based think tank MTG Marinetechnik GmbH announced today in a press release, the industrial engineer will become the new Managing Director of MTG from February. Weidemann was most recently Chief Operating Officer at the Brazilian shipbuilding consortium Águas Azuis, a joint venture between thyssenkrupp Marine Systems and Embraer. There he led the strategic organisation and programme management for the production of four Tamandaré-class frigates for the Brazilian Navy. Previously, he held senior positions at thyssenkrupp Marine Systems, where he was involved in the development of new technologies in submarine construction. The 48...

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Start of firing of the first fleet service boat

Start of firing of the first fleet service boat

Posted by | 22 Nov 2024 | , , , | 0

Naval Vessels Lürssen (NVL) starts the production phase for the fleet service boats The fleet service boats OKER, ALSTER and OSTE, which have been in service for more than 30 years, will be replaced by the new units and will be available to the German Navy from 2029. Together with Annette Lehnigk-Emden, President of the Federal Office of Bundeswehr Equipment, Information Technology and In-Service Support (BAAINBw), Flotilla Admiral Andreas Czerwinski, Head of the BAAINBw's Maritime Department, and Lürssen Managing Director Justus Reinke, Tim Wagner, CEO of NVL, today pressed the start button to start up the plasma cutting system for the symbolic first steel cut. The order was placed with NVL in 2021. Construction of the technologically highly complex new type will...

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Japan - Large ore ship receives rotor sails

Japan - Large ore ship receives rotor sails

Posted by | 17 Nov 2024 | , , , | 0

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