In a week when Australia’s relationship with France was left hanging by a thread due to the cancellation of the Attack-class submarine project, Germany quietly doubled ..
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OPINION | Europe and the South China Sea
In the 16th century the Portuguese were the first Europeans to navigate the South China Sea and lay eyes upon the thousands of islands and reefs that lay in these waters. ..
Germany, Norway place order for six Type 212CD submarines
German defence firm ThyssenKrupp Marine Systems (TKMS) has been contracted by the defence procurement organisations of Germany and Norway to build six Type 212CD diesel-e ..
German Navy commissions third F125 frigate
The German Navy formally welcomed its newest frigate into service during a ceremony on Monday, May 17. Sachsen-Anhalt is the third of four F125 or Baden-Württemberg-clas ..
German Navy’s third F125 frigate delivered
The German Federal Office of Bundeswehr Equipment, Information Technology and In-Service Support (Bundesamt fur Ausrüstung, Informationstechnik und Nutzung der ..
Agreement reached in German-Norwegian submarine design project
ThyssenKrupp Marine Systems (TKMS) has come to an agreement with the procurement authorities of Germany and Norway on the general conditions for the purchase of six Type ..
German Foreign Minister: Berlin Seeks ‘Transatlantic New Deal’ with U.S.
Germany’s foreign minister said today that Berlin is working through a “transatlantic new deal” with Washington covering global security, economic issues, climate change and overcoming the coronavirus pandemic, putting aside four years of strained relations between the two powers.
Heikko Maas quoted President Joseph Biden saying “America is back,” adding “and Germany is by your side,” he said at a Brookings Institution online forum.
German soldiers “are standing shoulder to shoulder with American...
German Navy gets additional minehunting UUVs
Huntington Ingalls Industries (HII) has delivered a batch of newbuild Remus 100 unmanned underwater vehicles (UUVs) to the German Navy. The UUVs have an endurance of 12 ..
Keel laid for German Navy’s eighth Braunschweig-class corvette
Lürssen Werft has laid the keel of the future Karlsruhe, the eighth Braunschweig-class corvette to be built for the German Navy. The vessel will have a length of 90 ..
COLUMN | China’s navy now the world’s largest – but is it a viable force? [Naval Gazing]
In its annual report submitted to the US Congress, the Pentagon very recently confirmed that the People’s Republic of China now has the largest navy in the world, ..