Category: Technology

Summer visit to the polar bears

Summer visit to the polar bears

Posted by | 26 Jun 2021 | , , , , , , | 0

While the thermometers in Central Europe are showing summer heat, the British research vessel Protector has set an icy record. Never before has a Royal Navy ship travelled further north than 80° 41.5' N. To be fair, this does not include submarines, which pass under the perpetual ice and then break through the ice cover when they surface at a suitable point. The Protector has now come within 1050 kilometres of the North Pole to collect data on the ocean and the environment. It was a long way to get there, as the research vessel had not travelled to the...

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Boeing relies on ESG and Lufthansa Technik for P-8A

Boeing relies on ESG and Lufthansa Technik for P-8A

Posted by | 24 Jun 2021 | , , , , , | 0

The Bundeswehr's decision to procure the P-8A from Boeing has been a long time coming. Now the first co-operations are already forming. Elektroniksystem- und Logistik-GmbH (ESG) and Lufthansa Technik have signed a memorandum of understanding with the Americans to examine opportunities for co-operation in the areas of system integration, training, maintenance and overhaul. "Together with ESG and Lufthansa Technik, we will provide local and cost-effective support, training, maintenance and overhaul solutions that will enable the German Navy to achieve the highest operational availability to fulfil its missions," said Dr Michael Haidinger, President of Boeing Germany. ESG has been a partner to the German Armed Forces and naval aviators for...

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Fleet service boats: the navy's flash order

Fleet service boats: the navy's flash order

Posted by | 24 Jun 2021 | , , , | 1

No sooner had the Defence and Budget Committees decided on the extensive procurement of defence equipment for the navy yesterday (Wednesday) than the first contract was signed. As announced by the Federal Office of Bundeswehr Equipment, Information Technology and In-Service Support, the Lürssen shipyard has been commissioned to design and build three Class 424 fleet service boats. In addition, a training and reference facility for this system is to be built. Like the existing fleet service boats, the new Class 423 units will be designed according to civilian standards. This should save costs and development time. The planners envisage the first commissioning of the new ships as early as 2027....

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More Scotland is hardly possible

More Scotland is hardly possible

Posted by | 19 Jun 2021 | , , , , | 0

A few fair weather clouds drift leisurely across the sky in the north of the UK as Lady Alison Johnstone enters the small speaker's platform. She is President of the Scottish Parliament and godmother of HMS Spey, which is being commissioned on this day. The offshore patrol vessel belongs to the second tranche of the River class, Batch 2, as it is known in the Royal Navy. The Spey was built by BAE Systems in Glasgow, Scotland, as the fifth and final ship in the series. Named after a river that meanders through the Cairngorms National Park around 40 kilometres south of Invergordon, it is now being built in the small harbour town of...

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Fincantieri flankiert Daewoo beim Entwurf der südkoreanischen Flugzeugträger

Fincantieri flankiert Daewoo beim Entwurf der südkoreanischen Flugzeugträger

Posted by | 13 Jun 2021 | , , , , | 0

Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering (DSME) wird beim Conceptual Design des neuen Flugzeugträgers CVX für die Marine Südkoreas mit Fincantieri zusammenarbeiten. Die jetzt gezeichnete Vereinbarung sieht die Entwicklung des Basic Designs für das Typschiff ab der zweiten Hälfte des Jahres 2021 vor, während Detaildesign und der Bau in den folgenden Jahren beginnen sollen. Dabei wird Fincantieri mit DSME das Designs für die Trieste, ein amphibisches Transportschiff der Kategorie LHD (Landing Helicopter Dock) weiterentwickeln. Über die Tochtergesellschaft Seastema und deren integriertes Plattform-Management-System (IPMS) SeasNavy kooperiert Fincantieri bereits mit dem ostasiatischen Land bei der Konstruktion der insgesamt acht Fregatten der Daegu-Klasse...

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