On Sunday, 1 March 2026, the frigate "Sachsen-Anhalt" under the command of frigate captain Daniel Läzer will return to its home port of Wilhelmshaven from its UNIFIL mission abroad....
Havariekommando registered 130 pollution incidents in the North and Baltic Seas during 472 missions in 2025. Do-228 sensor flights identified 48 polluters....
Navy takes delivery of BlueWhale: Today the Inspector of the Navy, Vice Admiral Jan Christian Kaack, took delivery of the first BlueWhale from the Executive Vice President of TKMS ATLAS ELEKTRONIK, Michael Ozegowski and the CEO IAI, Boaz Levy. Also on site for this unusual event was State Secretary Jens Plötner....
The German Navy is taking part in the Indo-Pacific Deployment 2026 with a P-8A Poseidon. Deployed on Monday 16 February 2026....
The President of the University of the Federal Armed Forces Munich, Prof. Dr mont. Dr.-Ing. habil. Eva-Maria Kern, and Diehl Defence CEO Helmut Rauch signed a joint declaration of intent a few days ago during a visit to the Überlingen site....
Major fleet construction: dual strategy for frigate programme decided Yesterday - on 28 January 2026 - the Defence Committee met in Berlin. After a number of reports on the current situation, agenda item 7 (BMF submissions) also included items relating to the German Navy's F126 frigate project. It was about no less...
With the start of the war in Ukraine and the ongoing threat to peace and security in Europe posed by Russia, the Bundeswehr had to further adapt its exercise activities....
Shaping the future! Focussing our navy on its core mission! Invest in innovative capabilities! Put the fleet to sea!...

The naval aviators are on the rise: admittedly, it reads like a stereotype. But that's the truth. Following the arrival of the first two Boeing P-8A "Poseidon" and the landing of the very first NH90 "Sea Tiger" in December, the naval aviators in Nordholz are continuing to "swap" the entire "flying fleet". Following the budget committee's decision...

On 14 January 2026, "Henryk Zygalski", the second SIGINT reconnaissance ship for the Polish Navy, was launched in Gdańsk in the presence of Deputy Minister of Defence Paweł Bejda. The ship was named after a Polish mathematician and cryptologist who helped decipher the German Enigma code in the 1930s. The main contractor for...

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