Marine Equipment: Speedboats for the Safety of Europe

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At the Blohm+Voss shipyard in Hamburg, the Rheinmetall armaments company is building unmanned vessels. This is intended to systematically protect critical infrastructure such as the Baltic Sea. In addition to the classic warships, a completely new business branch is being created.

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The unmanned boats are to be manufactured at the Blohm+Voss shipyard in the port of Hamburg. If demand is high, production in 3-shift operation is conceivable.

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After the takeover by the armaments company Rheinmetall, unmanned overwater drones will be built at the Hamburg shipyard Blohm+Voss in the coming years. The development of the boats in Hamburg is positive for the business location. Critics complain that the commitment of the armaments industry is hardly questioned.

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Shortly after acquisition by armaments company Rheinmetall, production of overwater drones starts. And new jobs are expected.

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Hamburg (dpa) – According to Rheinmetall, the armaments company Rheinmetall wants to expand the production of unmanned boats, which are also called drone boats, in Hamburg. This was announced by Rheinmetall manager Tim Wagner, who heads the Naval Systems division in the Group. "We start with a relatively small number of 15 boats to get the whole topic started," said Wagner. "But then we want to scale up to 200 boats per year." In the three-shift…