Trump's industry scolding and Hegseth's procurement line At the beginning of January 2026, US President Donald Trump made his criticism of the defence company Raytheon (RTX) public in a social media post. Presumably less focussed on the individual case and more as a deliberate example of a broader problem he had identified: delivery capability and priorities. The accusation: wrong industrial priorities (shareholder value), too little...
Meyer Werft is internationally known primarily for building large cruise ships. With the undocking of a fuel transporter for the German Navy, it is now deliberately entering a less familiar but strategically important field. The supply ship is part of a contract awarded in 2021 during the coronavirus pandemic, which aimed to utilise free capacity in the...
The minehunting vessel "Dillingen" will return to its home port of Kiel on Wednesday, 17 December 2025, in time for Christmas after a six-month deployment as the German contribution to the Standing NATO Mine Countermeasures Group 1 (SNMCMG 1). The crew consisted of 35 men and six women as well as a team of Portuguese mine divers. The...
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