US military pursues affordable, commercial solutions to enhance maritime ISR
The DIU is seeking low-cost, COTS capabilities and technologies to analyse naval environments and increase the safety for personnel and infrastructure.
Germany offers to fill Polish submariner training gap
In the face of an inevitable reduction of its submarine fleet, the Polish Navy is looking for new ways to maintain a minimal level of trained and experienced personnel by the time new vessels are brought into service under the Orka programme.
As a temporary solution, the German Navy is opening the premises of its training centre to Polish students.
According to CDR Manfred Grabienski, head of the Submarine Training Centre in Eckernförde, currently one Polish submariner is going through a 12 month chief engineering officer course in Germany.
As a result of the training the submariner will be qualified
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