It is an important day for the naval aviators: landing of the first P-8A Poseidon at Nordholz airbase...

70 years of the Bundeswehr: Bremen State Command and Bundeswehr-Sozialwerk e.V. invite you to a benefit concert in Bremerhaven Bremerhaven - On Tuesday, 28 October 2025, the Bremen State Command and the Bundeswehr-Sozialwerk e.V. invite you to a benefit concert in the Bürgermeister- Smidt-Gedächtniskirche in Bremerhaven. On this evening, we want to honour the 70th anniversary of the founding of the Bundeswehr together and...

Friedrich Merz has made his inaugural visit to the navy. On board, he was impressed by their capabilities and warned against Russia. Federal Chancellor Friedrich Merz first visited the naval command in Rostock on 28 August. Vice Admiral Jan Christian Kaack received him in the Hanseatic city on the Warnow estuary. Then flew...

Years of training, numerous sea voyages and constantly overcoming new challenges form the basis for admission to the commander's examination. And then it gets serious. The crew prepares to dock in the city harbour of Karlskrona, mooring side becomes starboard side, starboard side becomes mooring side. The corvette goes alongside the pier. For the crew of the corvette Magdeburg...

A wide range of tasks and great responsibility await the young officers of the watch on board a corvette. But with growing experience, the challenges can be mastered. "Aaaa the DO goes on". "Corporal Krüger, report me as the current helmsman on course 195°, both ahead 18, normal sailing programme, rudder hand." "WO understood." The corvette Magdeburg is...

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...

Other nations already have hypersonic missiles. Now they are also included in the specifications for future German air defence units. Hypersonic missiles have been on the radar of air defence forces at least since Russia deployed the Kinschal cruise missile in the Ukraine war. They are among the most advanced and threatening military technologies. Hypersonic missiles challenge all existing missile defence shields with...

Deployment of unmanned boats: Efficient maritime surveillance thanks to NVL's new operator model Until the defence group Rheinmetall takes the future of the naval shipbuilder NVL into its own hands, NVL will not let anyone take the butter off its bread! New in the portfolio: An operator model solution for maritime surveillance with unmanned boats. Here are the key points of the...

With the regional defence exercise RED STORM BRAVO, the Bundeswehr will be training in Hamburg from 25-27 September 2025 with around 500 soldiers together with blue light organisations, Hamburg authorities and companies in a fictitious scenario. RED STORM BRAVO starts: Bundeswehr and civilian players to practise together from Thursday Next Thursday, 25....

Renk supports NATO countries and their most important allies with its cutting-edge technology. CEO Alexander Sagel sets four priorities for the future of the company. An interview by Burghard Lindhorst. Mr Sagel, you have been at the helm of the Renk Group since February. You have barely been in office when the security situation has deteriorated further. Was...

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