USV Scout presented in Hamburg harbour: Rheinmetall wants to build autonomous surface drones in series in Hamburg. This could monitor coasts and sea areas in future - with up to 1,000 units per year....
Canadian submarine programme: TKMS cooperates with CAE for training and simulation...
Peene-Werft Wolgast was awarded the Innovation and Technology Prize 2025 by the Fraunhofer Institute for Large Structures in Production Engineering (IGP) on 26 February....
Rheinmetall announces the complete takeover of Naval Vessels Lürssen (NVL), the military division of the Lürssen Group, on 2 March....
Havariekommando registered 130 pollution incidents in the North and Baltic Seas during 472 missions in 2025. Do-228 sensor flights identified 48 polluters....
Navy takes delivery of BlueWhale: Today the Inspector of the Navy, Vice Admiral Jan Christian Kaack, took delivery of the first BlueWhale from the Executive Vice President of TKMS ATLAS ELEKTRONIK, Michael Ozegowski and the CEO IAI, Boaz Levy. Also on site for this unusual event was State Secretary Jens Plötner....
The German Navy is taking part in the Indo-Pacific Deployment 2026 with a P-8A Poseidon. Deployed on Monday 16 February 2026....
DLR launches construction of a 48-metre-long technology platform for Kiel. The floating laboratory is researching climate-friendly propulsion systems, autonomous systems and maritime safety....
The order situation TKMS starts the 2025/26 financial year with optimism: full submarine order books, MEKO A-200 DEU, F127 prospects and a volume of EUR 18.7 billion....

In the event of water ingress on board, the time factor often determines the further course of damage. If water enters an operating room on board unhindered, seconds can determine whether a leakage remains manageable or escalates. With this in mind, an inventor from the Münsterland region of Germany has developed a system that replaces the classic leak defence...

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