The Baden-Wurttemberg, listing slightly to starboard as usual, has been sent back to shipbuilders—refused by the German Navy. Ein Dahmer
Ars Technica: German Navy experiences “LCS syndrome” in spades as new frigate fails sea trials
With 90% new systems, this bigger, lighter-crewed monster frigate is not ready for duty.
The German Navy has a lot of problems right now. It has no working submarines, in part because of a chronic repair parts shortage. The Deutsche Marine is still flying helicopters older than its pilots—the Sea Lynx entered service in 1981 and the Sea King in 1969—and has long-delayed their replacement. And now the service is facing problems with its newest ships so severe that the first of the class failed its sea trials and was returned to the shipbuilders in December.
As Christian Mölling, a defense-industry expert at the German Council on Foreign Relations in Berlin, told the Wall Street Journal’s William Wilkes in January, German military procurement is “one hell of a complete disaster. It will take years to sort this problem out.”
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Update #1: German Navy’s new state-of-the-art warship sails into tech trouble (News.com.au)
Update #2: New German Warship Fails Sea Trials Due to Tech Woes (IEEE Spectrum)
WNU Editor: So much for the vaunted German reputation of engineering, manufacturing, and producing reliable products.
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