Category: Technology

Ships in the shade

Ships in the shade

Gepostet von | 20 Jun 2024 | , , , | 0

We reported on the new Class 707 naval fuel supply vessels, which have now been laid down. However, the ways in which tankers were procured were not always so ideal. The ancient shipbuilding tradition of hammering a coin into the keel of a ship is said to have existed thousands of years ago, as coins have been found under old ship masts during excavations. This is said to bring good sailing and good luck to the ship and crew at all times. The navy has not been waiting quite as long - but quite a while - for a replacement for the outdated Rhön-class fuel supply vessels. These single-hull tankers are still doing their duty thanks to professional crews, but...

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High-precision weapon of the future

High-precision weapon of the future

Gepostet von | 17 Jun 2024 | , , | 0

Vor Kurzem wurde die Erprobung des Laserwaffendemonstrators auf der Fregatte SACHSEN abgeschlossen. Einblick in die Zukunft der maritimen Verteidigungstechnologie. In einer sich ständig wandelnden Bedrohungslandschaft ist die Weiterentwicklung von Verteidigungstechnologien unabdingbar. Dies gilt auch für neuartige Hochenergie-Laserwaffen, da diese ein großes Potenzial für zukünftige Anwendungen bieten. Bisher wurden leistungsstarke Laser in Deutschland nur unter laborähnlichen Bedingungen getestet. Die „hochpräzise und skalierbare Wirkung gegen agile/signaturarme Ziele im Nah- und Nächstbereich schwimmender Systemträger der Marine“ (HoWiSM) eines Laserwaffensystems wurde nun erstmals im Rahmen des gleichnamigen Projekts seegestützt in einem Laserwaffendemonstrator auf der Fregatte SACHSEN nachgewiesen.[ds_preview] Den Auftrag für den Bau des...

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German Naval Yards: More than a shipyard!

German Naval Yards: More than a shipyard!

Gepostet von | 21 May 2024 | , , | 0

The shock caused by the death of owner Iskandar Safa was huge. Questions and rumours arose. Time for clarifying words. People know us, the German Naval Yards. The traditional shipyard on the Kiel Fjord with the iconic gantry crane. And yet very few people know who and what is behind the company! After the sad news, misinformation made the rounds. People mistakenly thought we had already been "sold". For us, this question didn't even arise, because it was and is clear to us: his son Akram, born and raised in the south of France and who has been running the business activities of his father's company for some time,...

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Tight schedule until commissioning

Tight schedule until commissioning

Gepostet von | 9 May 2024 | , , , | 0

The Rhön-class fuel supply ships made history for almost half a century. The successor ships will bring the latest technology to the navy in future. Firing began at the end of June 2023 and a few weeks later the keel was laid for the first naval fuel supply ship, the German Navy's new Class 707. Naval armaments is pursuing an ambitious schedule with the successors to the two fuel supply vessels Rhön and Spessart. Delivery of the first ship is scheduled for 2025, with the second to follow a year later. With the Class 704, which is currently still in service, the navy has the capability to supply entire task forces with supplies at sea...

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Customised platforms

Customised platforms

Gepostet von | 29 Apr 2024 | , , , | 0

In the thick of it, not just in it: marineforum as an editorial companion to our shipbuilding projects Expertly versed, editorially exciting, sometimes pointed, always on the pulse: for 50 years, marineforum has been describing, commenting on and classifying everything that floats and has a grey coating for industry experts and those unfamiliar with the subject. As shipbuilders of these very units, we provide the appropriate content. Accordingly, as an observer and companion of our numerous projects, marineforum is both an in-house must-read and a constructive media partner. When marineforum was first published in its current form at the beginning of the 1970s, two speedboats set sail for Argentina from our premises in Bremen-Vegesack. Particularly popular at the time:...

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