Category: Security policy

New fuel suppliers under contract

New fuel suppliers under contract

Posted by | 8 Jul 2021 | , , , , | 1

The Friedrich Lürssen shipyard in Bremen has been commissioned to build the two new fuel transporters for the German Navy. The new units, class designation 707, are to replace the ageing "Rhön" and "Spessart" from 2024. Lürssen states that it is working together with Meyer Werft on the construction. The Neptun shipyard in Rostock is to bear the lion's share of the programme. The navy's future floating refuelling stations will differ significantly from their predecessors "Rhön" and "Spessart" (Class 704) in terms of both appearance and performance. Not only do they comply with the applicable guidelines (IMO, EU) that tankers must have a double hull. They also fulfil the...

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Successful last-minute manoeuvre

Successful last-minute manoeuvre

Posted by | 7 Jul 2021 | , , , , | 0

Almost nine billion euros for the German Navy In the last session before the summer break and therefore the last session before the Bundestag elections in autumn, the Bundestag Budget Committee released funds for 27 armaments projects worth almost 20 billion euros. Thanks to this parliamentary approval, the Federal Office of Bundeswehr Equipment, Information Technology and In-Service Support (BAAINBw) can now enter into contracts with industry for development, delivery and maintenance. In the maritime sector, the first contract has already been concluded for fleet service boats. The most prominent of the approved projects is the new New Generation Weapon System (NGWS) as part of the Future Combat Air System (FCAS)....

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Call at Sydney and ... stay on board

Call at Sydney and ... stay on board

Posted by | 5 Jul 2021 | , , , | 0

Yes, life can be tough. You go to Australia once, even to beautiful Sydney, and then you have to make do with looking at the Harbour Bridge and Opera House from afar. No trespassing! That's what's currently happening to the soldiers on board three warships, who would certainly have liked to take advantage of this perhaps unique opportunity to go ashore. The ships from Japan, South Korea and the United States have moored in Garden Island for a "contactless, COVIDSafe port visit", as the Australian side euphemistically calls it. Before the start of the multinational Pacific Vanguard exercise, the Japanese Makinami, the South Korean Wang...

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SNMG 2 enters the Black Sea

SNMG 2 enters the Black Sea

Posted by | 1 Jul 2021 | , , , | 0

Part of Standing NATO Maritime Group 2 entered the Black Sea today for the second time this year. There, the three units will take part in the Sea Breeze and Breeze exercises. SNMG 2 is currently under the command of Italian Flotilla Admiral Stefano Russo, a former submarine commander. His lead ship is the Italian Virginio Fasan, a Carlo Bergamini-class frigate commissioned in 2013, which passed the Bosphorus today. Not all of the SNMG 2 units will be travelling to the inland sea. In addition to the Italian flagship, only the Romanian Regina Maria and the Turkish Barbaros will be making their way to...

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AKK visits aircraft carrier

AKK visits aircraft carrier

Posted by | 1 Jul 2021 | , , , | 0

In 2019, Defence Minister Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer was still dreaming of an aircraft carrier. Now, just over three years later, the wish has become reality and the minister was able to gain an insight into the capabilities of naval aviators on board a carrier. Contrary to expectations, however, it was not the blue and gold flag of Europe that flew at the top, but the stars and stripes of the United States. And so Kramp-Karrenbauer had to make do with the explanations of four-star Admiral Christopher Grady, Commander US Fleet Forces Command, on the USS Harry S. Truman in Norfolk harbour. After all, some German soldiers were present on board the aircraft carrier, albeit only as guests,...

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