Interview with naval aviators - Only team performance counts

Commissioning of new Boeing P-8A maritime patrol aircraft, photo: Bw/Kelm

Interview with a naval aviator - Only team performance counts

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In the coming years, several new weapon systems will be introduced to the naval aviation. In this interview, Captain Holger Schmitt, Deputy Commander and Chief of Staff Naval Aviation Command until 2025, describes how the many associated challenges will be mastered.

Those were turbulent years. How do you keep the reins in your hand at such a breathtaking pace?

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Holger Schlüter
(Editor-in-Chief)

17 Mar 2026

Headlines, Magazine, Security policy, Armed Forces, Technology

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