Category: Technology

Raytheon Anschütz equips Hunter class

Integrated navigation/bridge system from Raytheon Anschütz for Australian frigates BAE Systems Australia, prime contractor for the construction of the Australian Hunter class, has commissioned Raytheon Anschütz to develop an integrated navigation and bridge system for the frigate programme. For the nine Royal Australian Navy (RAN) anti-submarine warfare frigates, Raytheon Anschütz will initially be responsible for system development and requirements testing for the Warship Integrated Navigation and Bridge System (WINBS). Following this initial technical work, the contract will be expanded in line with the progress of the project. According to Raytheon Anschütz, WINBS is based on the SYNAPSIS integrated navigation system, which has become a world-leading navigation solution...

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"Top Gun" cinema release - Maverick is back

It's not just fans of the 1986 blockbuster who are delighted, but the aviation community in particular. And whether they admit it or not and hide the sparkle in their eyes behind the RayBan: it's "a thing", even for our naval aviators. Unfortunately, the navy no longer has Tornados to operate over the sea. Admittedly, the German Navy's aircraft are not that fast either. Nevertheless, this is no reason not to use the new edition of Top Gun as PR for the naval aviators. The pilots and crews of the naval aircraft are the heroes and heroines in reality, not in Cinemascope...

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Hypersonic weapons: Plans of the USA

US Naval Institute: Report to Congress on the Procurement and Development of Hypersonic Weapons The United States has actively pursued the development of hypersonic weapons - manoeuvring weapons that fly at speeds of at least Mach 5 - since the early 2000s as part of its programme for conventional, rapid global attack. In recent years, the focus has been on the development of hypersonic glide missiles launched from a rocket and hypersonic cruise missiles propelled in flight by high-speed engines. As the former Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and former Commander of the US Strategic Command, General John Hyten, explained, these missiles could...

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Corvette Cologne - Background

Kölle Alaaf - Since 21 April 2022, construction number 6 of the Braunschweig class has been named "Köln". At 10.55 a.m., the Kölsch bottle set in motion by the Lord Mayor of the sponsor city, Henriette Reker, smashed against the bow of the corvette. [ 21 April 2022, construction number 6 of the Braunschweig class was christened "Köln" at the traditional Hamburg shipyard Blohm & Voss, which has belonged to Lürssen Defence, now NVL Group, since 2016. The "Köln" is the first unit of the German Navy's second batch of Class 130 (K130) corvettes]. The Class 130 (K130) corvettes, also categorised as the Braunschweig class, are a key component of the German Navy's crisis response operations.

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Start of construction of LNG Terminal Wilhelmshaven

Federal Economics Minister Robert Habeck (Greens) is coming today, as are the state ministers Olaf Lies (SPD) and Bernd Althusmann (CDU). In 2021, plans for a liquefied natural gas terminal in Wilhelmshaven were cancelled. Suddenly things are moving fast. Dependence on Russian natural gas is to be reduced. The first tankers with LNG gas are expected at the end of the year. LNG tankers should be able to dock as early as winter 22 / 23 to deliver liquefied natural gas (LNG). Due to the Russian war of aggression against Ukraine, the federal and state governments are exerting pressure to reduce dependence on Russian natural gas. Construction begins on Thursday: Federal Economics Minister Robert Habeck (Greens) and the state ministers Olaf Lies...

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