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▶BAE Littoral Strike Craft

Optionally manned hell

BAE, Naval News
https://baesystems.com/en/product/littoral-operations
https://youtu.be/f-faTN3imxA

>>62921134

Concept video
https://files.catbox.moe/ufhhug.mp4

Webm - my automated script messed up. Will rerun.

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>>62921134

Model at the show.

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▶BAE Littoral Operations Craft

Not sure of its formal name.
Best views are from Xavier interview (above).

Related
https://navylookout.com/in-focus-bae-systems-adaptable-strike-frigate-concept

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>>62921178
There's also this, from the BAE site.

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▶Thyssenkrupp begins construction of Cunha Moreira

TKMS has cut steel on Brazilian frigate Cunha Moreira.

- F202
- Tamandaré-class stealth guided-missile frigate

>The PFCT innovates once again, being the first project to build three frigates simultaneously in Brazil, with a high percentage of local content. Cunha Moreira is scheduled to be launched in 2026 and, in 2028, it will integrate the fleet of the Brazilian Navy, strengthening the security and defense of the country.

naval.com.br, Thyssenkrupp
https://archive.is/gWjCf
https://fb.com/thyssenkruppBR/posts/907015924859414

▶Fincantieri wants to buy TKMS

Thyssenkrupp is looking to dump its naval division. A high-profile deal with Naval Group fell through recently.

https://breakingdefense.com/2024/11/fincantieri-openly-eyeing-germanys-tkms-even-if-deal-not-close

>>62921188
>4x AShM
>12x SAM
A bit on the light side, but I guess it's not an issue, given that there's no big regional rival to keep up with.

>>62921232
>A high-profile deal with Naval Group fell through recently.
It was because of the submarines, wasn't it? TKMS wanted to keep HDW as is, whereas Naval Group likely wanted to fuse it with their own branch.

>>62921241
Last I checked, they're spending a lot on subs so their frigate program is relatively lean.

>>62921248
I don't know much. With acquisitions like these, I tend to assume political roadblocks until convinced otherwise.

Things from the end of the thread #1

>>62909153
▶Orka at NEDS

>>62908799
Yes it's based on the Spearhead-class but the interiors are reportedly totally rebuilt.

>>62916834
>Was there any mention about the Sea Spider point defense torpedo from Atlas Electronik? They were rumored to continue work on it, trying to fix the issues.
I didn't see news, but there might be news. They grey thing on the shelf in >>62862578 is their display model of Sea Spider.

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▶Thyssenkrupp launches INS DRAKON

TKMS has launched INS DRAKON, the 3rd submarine of the HDW Class Dolphin AIP submarines for the Israeli Navy.

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▶Thyssenkrupp begins construction of DAKAR

TKMS has started marked the start of production of the first DAKAR-class submarine in Kiel.

Thyssenkrupp link for both:
https://www.thyssenkrupp-marinesystems.com/en/newsroom/press-releases/press-detail-page/289273

Note - website has a screwy redirect that breaks some archives. Refresh or check that it added www if you get error.

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>>62890147
>>62890152
>>62890159

▶BAE Herne XLAUV (cont.)

New footage from british press.

https://youtu.be/fK4oVl6nmJ4
https://youtu.be/RsgGwvNgpE4

>>62921337
So the final version has two screws instead of a pumpjet?

>>62921361
>final version
laughing-monkey.gif
Something tells me the next time we see it, the propulsion will be different again.

>>62921232
Oh big news.
What would two sub manufactures done?

>>62921310
>I didn't see news, but there might be news. They grey thing on the shelf is their display model of Sea Spider.
As far as I understand from the rumors, their initial trials ran into the same issue other underwater rocket propulsion units also encountered, namely performance reduction as depth increases, due to higher pressure.

>>62921446
I read about how it was due to another partial-buyer, Carlyle Group, losing interest in the acquisition. Something about the German government being skeptical of the deal. So, maybe Carlyle was planning on looting the company but since the Germans wouldn’t let them do that / made it too risky they just dropped the idea altogether. I wonder what’s so toxic about TKMS that no one wants to buy it unless risk is shared. Is it just the overall lack of market in the European shipbuilding industry?

>>62921144
No webm. Just clicc the catbox link.
(Webm refuses to be the right size.)

While my tea brews and I figure out why my archive jobs are all failing, some miscellaneous related news.

▶Climate change and northern navies

For the first time in the history of measurement, a hurricane has been measured in Finland's maritime areas, says the Finnish Meteorological Institute.

▶Military counter-espionage warned French industrialists ahead of Euronaval trade fair

The document mentions that exhibitors / delegation members have been compromised via hotel wifi takeovers in the past.

▶The Chief of Staff of the French Armed Forces ranks Turkey among France's "strategic competitors"

Strange soundbite. "China, Russia, Turkey, Iran."

▶Général Burkhard: The French army is not cut out to go to war in the Indo-Pacific zone

>>62921151
>>62921134
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x8BKiigBsa8