Category: Armed Forces

Efficient maritime surveillance - NVL operator model

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 press release and a video. - With the specially developed operator model ISR as a Service by NVL (ISR - Intelligence, Surveillance, Reconnaissance), NVL offers the security authorities of Germany and other NATO countries as well as commercial customers an effective and quickly available solution for the targeted and permanent surveillance of predefined sea areas using unmanned boats (USV) available on the market.

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Grand Tattoo for the Commander of the Fleet

From a press release by PIZ Marine at Naval Command Rostock On Thursday, 25 September 2025, the Inspector of the Navy, Vice Admiral Jan Christian Kaack, will hand over command of the fleet at the Naval Academy Mürwik. After more than three years at the helm, Vice Admiral Frank Martin Lenski is retiring. He had been Commander of the Fleet and Support Forces and Deputy to the Chief of Naval Operations since 11 March 2022. Following the handover ceremony, Vice Admiral Lenski will be given a retirement send-off with the Grand Tattoo. The aerospace engineer began his military career as an aircraft engineering officer. After his...

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Defence Friesian: Defence exercise of the German Armed Forces in Wilhelmshaven

From a press release by the PIZ Marine at Einsatzflottille 2 The second part of the "Wehrhafter Friese" exercise will take place on Tuesday, 23 September and Wednesday, 24 September 2025, from 9 am to 3 pm at the Wilhelmshaven naval base, the Bordum naval facility and the Wilhelmshaven naval arsenal. The first part was already carried out on 25 June this year. "With the site-related exercise series 'Wehrhafter Friese', we are testing our own protective measures in the properties at the Wilhelmshaven site and further developing our capabilities," says the commander of the naval base, frigate captain Rolf Hoppe. "In addition, we are practising processes with the civilian authorities,...

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