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By: Yekaterina Jalunina
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Chancellor Olaf Scholz will emphasize the need to increase defense spending as early as 2022.
Now Pistorius is stepping up.
Berlin - According to the Federal Ministry of Defense, the war in Ukraine clearly shows how crucial military strength is to maintaining freedom in Europe.
Chancellor Olaf Scholz reacted as early as 2022 and granted a large financial package for the military - and coined the well-known phrase “the turning point”.
Germany, Scholz said at the time, was determined to strengthen its defense capabilities and ensure the country's security.
Now more actions are likely to follow: Defense Minister Boris Pistorius is upgrading the navy and receiving new surface drones and attack helicopters.
New surface drone Sonobot 5 for the navy
The German-British Pioneer Bridge Battalion 130 has received Sonobot 5 surface drones.
Weighing 27 kilograms, Sonobot 5 is a catamaran with a 120 millimeter draft, powered by two electric propellers, with an impressive measuring speed of 1.5 meters per second.
These drones enable the rapid preparation of tactical water crossings.
They are intended to be used for effective and precise water exploration.
Sonobot 5 is equipped with an echo sounder, side view sonar, multibeam sonar, an HD video and photo camera and an optional underwater camera.
The drone can operate autonomously and can operate for nine hours on one set of batteries.
According to the Bundeswehr, this drone is one of the fastest floating unmanned sonar systems in the world.
The technology allows pioneers to precisely locate objects hidden under water such as scrap metal, mines and shoals.
The Sonobot 5 replaces the previous water depth recording device and offers pioneers an advanced method for measuring and evaluating water profiles for the establishment of transition points.
In addition to the new surface drones, the German Navy's future multi-role frigate helicopter NH90-MRFH Sea Tiger completed its first flight at Airbus Helicopters in Donauwörth on November 30th.
An NH90 Sea Tiger attack helicopter flies on its first flight over the airfield of the Airbus helicopter factory.
The Bundeswehr has ordered a total of 31 aircraft from Airbus Helicopters.
© Stefan Puchner/dpa
Most modern naval helicopter in the world – NH90 Sea Tiger
The latest version of the naval helicopter NH90-NFH (NATO Frigate Helicopter) was specifically tailored to the needs of the German Navy in order to effectively combat submarines and ships.
The new “Sea Tiger” is the latest version of the NH90 NFH series from Airbus Helicopters. In the future, the helicopter will be used in the North and Baltic Seas, as well as in the Atlantic.
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According to the company, this milestone marks the beginning of the qualification phase.
In this section, the focus is on extended flight evidence and the testing of new systems that are already installed in this flight model or are to be integrated in the future.
NHIndustries, a joint venture between Airbus Helicopters (62.5%), Leonardo (32%) and GKN Fokker (5.5%), acts as the developer and manufacturer of this type of naval helicopter in the area of rotorcraft production.
Sea Tiger: 31 copies by early 2030
Three years ago, the Bundeswehr ordered a total of 31 copies of the “Sea Tiger” under the name NH90 Multi Role Frigate Helicopter (MRFH).
These are scheduled to be delivered between late 2025 and early 2030, at a rate of six to seven helicopters per year.
The “Sea Tiger” is designed as a replacement for the Mk 88A “Sea Lynx” on-board helicopter and is used on the frigates F124 and F125 as well as later on the frigate F126.
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