Norway wants to procure two more submarines and thus expand its fleet to six units. In view of the tense security situation, the government sees this as a key investment in the country's defence capabilities....
The forward section was moved from Wolgast to Kiel at the weekend by the NVL Peene shipyard using three tugs. The plan is to move it to Bremen, where it will be connected to the aft section. The future first ship will then be completed at NVL / Blohm & Voss in Hamburg....
On 5 December 2025, the former crew of the corvette "Ludwigshafen am Rhein" was awarded the "Combat Medal". Former, because after more than a year, the crew members and embarked personnel who were on board at the time of the combat action are naturally no longer the same soldiers as they were 12 months ago....

Every year, experts from associations, authorities, the German armed forces, industry and procurement come together in the secluded town of Linstow. This time, there was a particularly large influx from industry. The motto "The Maritime Battle: Drivers for Research, Armaments and Utilisation" attracted representatives from politics, business, science and the armed forces to this year's 27th Naval Workshop on 23rd and...

The MS&D - Maritime Security & Defence Conference in Hamburg brings together leading representatives from navies, industry and politics to strengthen cooperation and speed up European defence procurement in the face of growing security challenges and to promote innovation for maritime security....
On Thursday, 20 November 2025, a new era of naval warfare for the German Navy began with the ceremonial commissioning of the P-8A "Poseidon"...

The advance in armaments is seen as an opportunity for the economy. However, it could prove to be a crushing burden on the manufacturing SME sector. Money is there - or rather, it has been made available. The new law on accelerated planning and procurement for the Bundeswehr has optimised the framework....

Well ahead of schedule The keel of the second of three new Class 424 fleet service boats was laid today at the NVL site in Wolgast, several months ahead of schedule. The traditional keel laying ceremony took place in the presence of State Secretary Jochen Schulte, Ministry of Economics, Infrastructure, Tourism and Labour of the State of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Flotilla Admiral Andreas Czerwinski,...

The Wilhelmshaven naval base command is establishing a reserve company with around 280 posts. On 13 November, one day after the founding day of the Bundeswehr and on the day the new military service was announced, 94 recruits from the "Wilhelmshaven Training and Protection Company" took their vows in a ceremony on the town hall square in the Jade city....

Egypt's Suez Canal Authority (SCA) is endeavouring to resume shipping traffic through its waterway after revenues - and thus the contribution to the state budget - had been steadily declining. At a meeting with the Danish ambassador and a high-ranking delegation, the chairman of the Suez Canal Authority emphasised the long-standing relationship with Maersk...

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