With Anschütz Autonomics, Anschütz aims to sharpen the system profile of its autonomy modules for naval and security applications. At its core, the company is linking the certified SYNAPSIS bridge, which has proven itself in fleet use, more closely to autonomous functions: optical target tracking, rule-compliant collision avoidance (COLREG/KVR) and advanced motion control for precise course and speed guidance, including station keeping. In addition, SYNTACS Autonomics takes over the...

International Conference on Maritime Security and Defence 25 November 2025 - Internationales Maritimes Museum Hamburg Under the motto "Turning point? It's all about Procurement!", the MS&D Conference 2025 brings together leading representatives from the navy, politics, industry and science to discuss current security policy challenges and new procurement strategies. In...

Firing exercise with IRIS-T SLM on the F125 off Andøya Extensive missile firing phases are currently taking place at the Andøya test site in Norway. These include the firing of the frigate "Baden-Württemberg" with the IRIS-T SLM air defence system, which has already been completed. The F125 class frigate was specially retrofitted with a navalised version of the IRIS-T SLM system for this test....

Naval Vessels Lürssen (NVL) is planning to build small unmanned surface vessels (USV) packed with electronics so that critical infrastructure can be monitored in future....

The "Redwing" underwater mission: What the new glider can do - and what it (can't) do for defence and security Teledyne Marine (Thousand Oaks, California) and Rutgers University (New Brunswick, New Jersey) sent the Slocum Sentinel glider "Redwing" on an orbit of the earth lasting up to five years off Martha's Vineyard (Massachusetts) on 10 October 2025...

The good old clothing store is history. Service and modern central logistics are the order of the day "Fits!" - This is how former and active soldiers know the tone of voice when the "clothing store cops" put a helmet on recruits at the beginning of basic training. Unfitting clothes were tailored, oversizes were delivered later. There was a lot of joking, but it worked. The clothing stores...

Three of Europe's largest ports - Rotterdam, Antwerp with Bruges, and Hamburg - have joined forces to pioneer the use of drones in port operations. They have set themselves the goal of driving innovation, increasing safety and improving efficiency. The drone alliance was founded at the beginning of September 2025 at...

The order volume includes generator sets, propulsion units and systems such as methanol treatment and exhaust gas aftertreatment. In September 2025, TKMS signed contracts with three suppliers to procure the propulsion technology for the new Polarstern on behalf of the Alfred Wegener Institute. The aim is to utilise technologies that enable particularly low-noise and low-emission research at sea and in...

Rohde & Schwarz Spain has supplied communication systems to the Spanish Navy and Navantia for the first of the Navy's new F110 frigates. The F110 frigates of the Bonifaz class will replace the Santa Maria class and are intended for a variety of maritime security and defence tasks. Rohde & Schwarz Spain has developed a comprehensive external communication system for...

Scrap from the North and Baltic Seas is also to be destroyed in Bavaria Rheinmetall is planning to destroy large quantities of old ammunition in the district of Dillingen an der Donau in future. As part of explosive ordnance clearance projects in the so-called offshore and onshore areas, the Düsseldorf-based technology group is planning to destroy not only old munitions from the two world wars, but also so-called "newer...

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