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U.S. and German navies conducted exercise minelaying operations aboard Portuguese patrol vessel NRP Figueira da Foz during NATO exercise REPMUS 26, Naval News reports. The drill tested mine deployment procedures in a multinational setting.
Germany is preparing to award Marine Alutech a contract for up to 15 Watercat M18 AMC combat boats to equip the German Navy's Sea Battalion. The aluminium-hulled vessels are designed for fast coastal insertion and fire support. Naval News reports the deal is imminent.
The German Navy successfully completed a dual firing trial of Israel Aerospace Industries' Naval LORA ballistic missile, launching from an operational German vessel and hitting targets with precision in both scenarios. The trial was part of the German Navy's Marine 2035 Operational Experimentation (OPEX) program. The missile was launched from a configuration comprising a command trailer and launcher mounted on the vessel.
Why it matters: Germany testing a 400 km-range precision strike weapon signals interest in long-range maritime fires—capability the Bundesmarine currently lacks and NATO's Baltic flank needs.
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TKMS CEO Oliver Burkhard signalled openness to involving suppliers from the stopped F126 frigate project — including Rheinmetall — in a second lot of MEKO A-200 ships for the German Navy, and announced a supplier day.
Why it matters: F126’s wreckage is being mined for MEKO industrial politics; who gets back on the ship decides who eats the German naval bill.
Shephard cites Rheinmetall’s order to modernise the German Navy frigate Bayern as evidence of a wider European shift toward extending warship service life while new-build programmes slip.
Why it matters: Refit yards are eating the delay tax that new-build programmes keep generating.