The famous US aircraft carrier, the "John F. Kennedy" (CV-67), has embarked on its final journey to be scrapped. Plans to turn the veteran into a floating museum have failed for cost reasons, but the story will continue. From 16 January, three tugs towed the "Big John" from the anchorage off Philadelphia the...
As a result of Bundeswehr-related budget decisions made on 18 December last year, the IDAS project now appears to be picking up speed again. "Development of guided missiles sea/air (IDAS)" was one of the 38 proposals, each with a volume of more than 25 million euros, which the Budget Committee of the German Bundestag approved in the last session of the year. Whereupon the...
She is the "parliamentary representative" of the servicemen and women, which is why she emphasised the importance of regular dialogue. On 14 January 2025, Dr Eva Högl, the Parliamentary Commissioner for the Armed Forces, visited the German Navy's largest school, the Naval Technology School (MTS) in Parow. The purpose of the routine visit was to engage in direct dialogue with...
Oliver Malmström takes over management of the Maritime Cluster Northern Germany office in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania The Maritime Cluster Northern Germany (MCN) has a new manager for its office in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania: Oliver Malmström succeeds Katrin Caldwell and brings extensive experience from his previous work at the MCN. Malmström has been part of the...
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...The German Aerospace Centre (DLR in Cologne) and the German Federal Police (BPol) are working more closely together in the field of maritime security. The Chairwoman of the DLR Executive Board and the President of the Federal Police Headquarters (Potsdam) signed a cooperation agreement in Neustadt/Holstein on 21 November 2024. The agreement deals with the joint testing and further development of capabilities...
Vietnam has been adding more artificial islands since 2021. According to Radio Free Asia, the country has added more than 600 hectares of dry land around the Spratly Islands in the South China Sea in the last year alone. The largest activity took place on 'Barque Canada Reef', an atoll about 400 kilometres southwest of...
Dr Björn Weidemann will succeed graduate engineer Guido Gerdemann As the Hamburg-based think tank MTG Marinetechnik GmbH announced today in a press release, the industrial engineer will become the new Managing Director of MTG from February. Weidemann was most recently Chief Operating Officer at the Brazilian shipbuilding consortium Águas Azuis, a joint venture of thyssenkrupp Marine Systems...
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