Category: Technology

Siemens Energy: Fuel cell also for autonomous underwater vehicles

Siemens Energy: Fuel cell also for autonomous underwater vehicles

Gepostet von | 1 Nov 2022 | , , | 0

Siemens Energy used this year's EuroNaval to present the new BZM evo fuel cell module in a demonstrator for autonomous underwater vehicles. This is the fourth generation of such a system, which saves almost 50 per cent in volume compared to its predecessors with a 15 per cent increase in performance. Further optimisations have been achieved by reducing weight and hydrogen consumption. The weight of the module is around 200 kilograms. Earlier versions weighed more than 600 kilograms. BZM evo can generate up to 60 kW of power. The size of the lithium-ion battery is said to be 11 kWh. According to the company, the module can be installed in less than...

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Frigate "Sachsen" tests high-energy laser weapon

Frigate "Sachsen" tests high-energy laser weapon

Gepostet von | 28 Oct 2022 | , | 1

Update from 27.10.2022 In August 2022, the Bundeswehr deployed a high-energy laser as a weapon from a German warship for the first time in its history: During system testing, the frigate "Sachsen" successfully fought drones at close and close range in the Putlos restricted area on 30 August 2022. Testing of this new weapon will continue until mid-2023. In the following test campaigns, the demonstrator will be challenged in more complex scenarios in order to derive and implement the need for action on the way to a fully functional, operational laser weapon. Original article from 12.07.2022 After participating in BALTOPS22, the frigate FGS Sachsen (F 219, type ship of the F124 class) had the following on 17....

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German Navy procures RAM Block 2B

German Navy procures RAM Block 2B

Gepostet von | 27 Oct 2022 | , , , | 0

On 27 October 2022, RAMSYS (RAM-System GmbH, Munich) was awarded a procurement contract for 600 state-of-the-art Rolling Airframe Missile (RAM) Block 2B guided missiles (LFK) for the German Navy. The new LFKs will be delivered to the navy from 2024. Clever seeker head A newly developed infrared seeker head and the introduction of a data exchange (missile-to-missile link) between several RAM Block 2Bs in a salvo significantly increase the combat value of the weapon system. Together with the more powerful radar seeker, the outstanding accuracy of the highly agile RAM LFK against current and future conventional and asymmetric threats is improved, thus strengthening the German Navy's ability to assert itself. Who invented it? The development was realised by RAMSYS...

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Israeli torpedo defence solution for surface units

Israeli torpedo defence solution for surface units

Gepostet von | 26 Oct 2022 | , , | 0

DSIT Solutions Ltd (DSIT), a subsidiary of RAFAEL Advanced Defense Systems Ltd and the Israeli provider of underwater defence technology for 30 years, presented its torpedo defence system for surface vessels at EuroNaval 2022. Its components, a hull sensor in two variants, a control suite and the RAFAEL torpedo defence system as a combination of soft and hard-kill solution can be installed on a large number of surface platforms and integrated into the existing command and weapon deployment systems. In the course of a torpedo attack, the target has little time to recognise the threat and initiate effective countermeasures. In addition, the underwater signalling environment makes reliable classification difficult due to high false alarm rates....

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EuroNaval: Naval Group presents visionary eco-combat ship "Blue Shark"

EuroNaval: Naval Group presents visionary eco-combat ship "Blue Shark"

Gepostet von | 25 Oct 2022 | , , , | 1

After German Naval Yards had already shown off its "Seaguard 96", the design for a future environmentally friendly corvette combat ship, at the SMM maritime technology trade fair in Hamburg a month ago, Group Naval was now able to present its vision for an even more futuristic-looking ship on home turf in Le Bourget near Paris at EuroNaval. The combat ship of the future, built and operated with maximum environmental responsibility and the size of a frigate (160 metres - 5,500 tonnes), is initially called the "Blue Shark" - in other words "a beast of war with the blue environmental seal" on it! The concept ship is to consist of the latest technological building blocks, which will be designed for use, but also for environmental protection on...

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