With the "Miecznik" (Swordfish) frigate programme, the Polish Navy aims to expand its maritime capabilities in the long term with three new builds. The construction phase is scheduled to begin in 2023 at two national shipyards and the units are to be delivered between 2028 and 2034. The "Miecznik" programme is part of a 115 billion euro investment plan over 12...
On 3 February 2022, TKMS continued the shipyard trials of the first class 218SG submarine with shallow water trials of the RSS Invincible. To this end, the 70-metre-long AIP submarine, which displaces 2,200 tonnes when submerged, was moved to the Kiel Bight sea area for 11 hours before being returned to ThyssenKrupp Marine Systems (tkms) at...
Thyssenkrupp Marine Systems has been officially commissioned to build six Class 212CD submarines. The procurement organisations of Norway and Germany have already signed the corresponding contracts. The order includes the delivery of four submarines to the Norwegian Navy and two to the German Navy as well as additional logistic services...
The fourth and last SAAR 6-class corvette of the Israeli Navy has left its berth at the German Naval Yards Kiel (GNYK). It moved through the Kiel Canal (NOK) in the direction of Haifa. The 92 metre long and 2,000 tonne displacement unit is expected to arrive there in around two weeks. As already...
Thirteen Greenpeace activists have been demonstrating in the harbour basin of the Thyssenkrupp Marine Systems (TKMS) shipyard in Kiel since the early hours of the morning. The corvette Nitzachon, which was built at the shipyard and handed over to the Israeli navy together with its sister ship Atzmaut on 27 July, is currently still moored there. Among other things, the total...
The frigate Sachsen-Anhalt was handed over to the Federal Office of Bundeswehr Equipment, Information Technology and In-Service Support (BAAINBw) at a small ceremony today due to the pandemic. She is the third ship of the F 125 class and was built and delivered by the F 125 consortium, consisting of Thyssenkrupp Marine Systems and Fr. Lürssen Werft....
And once again Michael Nitz surprises us with the latest pictures. This time he captured RSS Invincible during sea trials in the Baltic Sea in rough weather. It is the first 218SG class boat for the Republic of Singapore Navy to be tested in winter conditions. The handover of the early 2019...
A guest article by Raimund Wallner On 3 February 2017, the Norwegian government announced that Germany, and not France, had been selected as the strategic partner for the submarine project to ensure the succession of the ULA class. The aim of the decision is the joint procurement and lifetime management of identical submarines based on the German Class 212A...
On Friday 13 May, five representatives from the Australian Ministry of Defence and 11 German representatives from TKMS, the Ministry of Defence, the Ministry of Economic Affairs and the Federal Foreign Office met in Kiel for a debriefing on the outcome of the Australian submarine deal. At the debriefing, the Australian delegation wanted to explain to the representatives of the German...
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