On September 28, 2025, NATO Maritime Command announced that the German Navy’s Sachsen-class frigate FGS Hamburg (F220) made a port call in Copenhagen as part
The German Navy is apparently planning to increase the number of future F127 frigates. While the previous plan was to purchase five ships plus an
The German Navy has been planning for some time to procure 18 unmanned surface vessels, known as Future Combat Surface Systems (FCSS), to supplement its
The German Navy has so far ordered eight P-8A Poseidon maritime patrol aircraft from the United States, which are being built by Boeing. Delivery of
After exercising with SNMG1 ships, German Navy’s replenishment tanker ‘Berlin’ has called in Nuuk, Greenland for the first time participating in securing maritime lanes between
The difficulties in the construction program for the German Navy’s new F126 Niedersachsen-class frigates have been known since at least the beginning of last year.
German shipbuilder TKMS has signed a major order worth € 800 million for the modernization of six Type 212A submarines for the German Navy. TKMS
As part of its recently published strategic direction, “Kurs Marine,” the German Navy plans, among other things, to expand its “Maritime Strike” capabilities (land attack
After the German Navy has successfully tested the autonomous underwater vehicle BlueWhale last year and now wants to start procurement, the inlet of an unmanned
In order to counter the growing threat from Russia, the German Navy is working on increasing the combat power of its existing fleet. By Lars
