Spain & Saudi Arabia: first, a story of kings and money The recent Saudi contract of Navantia did not fall from the sky: it is only part of a larger story featuring the Spanish and the Saudi kings. Here is the background to understand the €1.8Bn contract
The last three weeks, DefenceChronicles has collected interesting developments in Germany, which all illustrate how inconsistent the Defence issues have gone in Germany. Inconsistency in the defence procurement The Federal Government has recently announced that it will pour in more money than in decades buying ships worth more
In a rare public intervention during the ‘Hamburger Messe’[1], Lürssen, the German subcontractor to the Dutch Damen, has recently deplored the lack of political support from the city Mayor of Hamburg in the fierce competition around the MKS 180 program in these terms : ‘Dort
In a recent article[1], The Guardian has shed the light on a very fashionable topic inside German naval circles: are the technologies used in Naval surface ships a strategic asset? Is German Naval surface shipbuilding key or not for the Standort Deutschland ? For the British
