Category: Armed Forces

German Navy does not receive used French MPAs

German Navy does not receive used French MPAs

Gepostet von | 3 May 2021 | , , , | 1

The German Navy is currently struggling to find a successor for its Maritime Patrol Aircraft (MPAs) in the near future. The Navy currently operates a fleet of four P-3Cs, which were taken over in used condition from the Dutch Navy in 2006. The original plan was for these aircraft to fly into the 2030s before being replaced by a modern aircraft to be developed jointly with France. However, the current poor condition of the German P-3C makes a much earlier replacement necessary. There was talk of an "interim solution" to bridge the gap until the introduction of the Franco-German MPA, which has yet to be developed. Paris...

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Completion of the GORCH FOCK in late summer

Completion of the GORCH FOCK in late summer

Gepostet von | 29 Apr 2021 | , | 0

GORCH FOCK repairs affected by the coronavirus pandemic
Corona-related staff shortages and considerable disruptions in the supply chains will result in the GORCH FOCK being handed over to the German Navy in late summer this year. Lürssen Werft informed the client of this this week. The postponement has no effect on the agreed budget.

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Ladies commission HSVA for tests

Ladies commission HSVA for tests

Gepostet von | 26 Apr 2021 | , , | 0

Damen Naval and the Hamburgische Schiffbau-Versuchsanstalt (HSVA) have signed a contract for comprehensive cooperation in the field of hydrodynamic optimisation and the implementation of an extensive model test campaign for the new Class 126 frigates. The optimisation and tests are part of the early development phase during the ship design. The properties of the planned ship will be tested realistically. A scale model of the F 126, several metres long, will be on display for the first time. Damen, together with its partners Blohm+Voss and Thales, will build a total of four Class 126 frigate ships on behalf of the German Navy, after the partners signed a contract last year with...

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Navy cancels the name Tirpitz

Navy cancels the name Tirpitz

Gepostet von | 21 Apr 2021 | , , | 4

Until now, the German Navy base in Kiel has also been known as Tirpitzhafen. Now this name is to disappear and the site will officially be known as the Kiel-Wik naval base. Other incriminating names are also to be replaced by names that commemorate neutral persons or persons associated with the German resistance. The Scheermole will thus become the Oskar Kusch Mole. This is to honour First Lieutenant Oskar Kusch, a submarine commander during the Second World War, who attracted attention in the navy because of statements critical of the regime and was executed on the firing range in Kiel-Holtenau in 1944. The Tirpitzmole also loses its name and is to be named after the poet Gorch Fock.

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Kiel minehunting boats replace each other in the NATO task force

Kiel minehunting boats replace each other in the NATO task force

Gepostet von | 14 Apr 2021 | , | 0

Minehunting boat "Datteln" returns to its home port of Kiel after three months of NATO deployment. The boat was part of one of NATO's two standing mine countermeasures groups, the "Standing NATO Mine Countermeasures Group 1", or SNMCMG 1 for short. The crew will hand over the baton to its sister boat "Sulzbach-Rosenberg", which will leave Kiel one day later on Thursday, 15 April 2021 and rejoin the NATO group as a new German contribution. For the 42 men and women on the crew of the "Datteln", including a US Navy soldier, the past deployment was strenuous but very successful. Under the leadership of Corvette Captain Tanja Merkl (35), the...

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