Germany Joins BALTOPS 2024
With the departure of the vessels of the maneuver group from the Lithuanian port of Klaipeda, the BALTOPS exercise began on 7 June. BALTOPS 2024 in the Baltic Sea. The…
Annual Report of the German Naval Command 2023
The Inspector of the Navy, Vice Admiral Jan Christian Kaack, presented the Maritime Convention November 21st in Berlin, the annual report of the Naval Command, published on 21 November. “The…
Germany Develops New Work Week Model for Ship Crews
Since October 1st, two pilot projects have been running at the 3rd Minesweeper Squadron in Kiel. During a six-month test phase, crew members can regularly expect shortened working weeks in…
Germany Prepares For Type 126 Frigate Construction
The start of construction on the first Class 126 frigate is getting closer; Preparations are in full swing. In order to ensure a self-sufficient energy supply for the ships, a…
Gorch Fock Completes Anniversary Training Cruise
The German Navy’s sail training ship returned home from its 7th foreign training trip to the Kiel naval base earlier this month. The voyage took the ship and crew from…
Germany Orders Three New SIGINT Ships
A few days after the approval of the Budget Committee of the German Bundestag, the President of the Federal Office for Equipment, Information Technology and Use of the Federal Armed…
Recorded: The Birth of the First German Navy
By Frank Ganseuer The all-German National Assembly founded a joint fleet on June 14, 1848 in the Paulskirche in the Free City of the German Confederation of Frankfurt am Main.…
Boeing Signs MOU With ST Engineering for P-8A Support
Boeing signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with ST Engineering to outline potential areas of collaboration in systems integration, training, local parts distribution, support and sustainment work for the P-8A…
German Navy Purchases Tug Rota Endurance
On 12 May 2023, the Federal Office of Bundeswehr Equipment, Information Technology and In-Service Support (BAAINBwFederal Office of Bundeswehr Equipment, Information Technology and In-Service Support) the award of the contract…
New Radar Navigation System/ECDIS/AIS for German Navy
On November 28, 2022, a contract was signed between the Federal Office of Bundeswehr Equipment, Information Technology and In-Service Support (BAAINBw) and ARCHE Systeme GmbH for the delivery of the…