Defense technology department for ships and naval weapons, maritime technology and research
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Defense Technical Service for Ships and Naval Weapons, Maritime Technology and Research |
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| State level | Federation |
| position | Defense technical department of the Bundeswehr |
| Supervisory authority | Federal Office for Equipment, Information Technology and Use of the Bundeswehr (BAAINBw) |
| founding | 1912 as a torpedo testing institute |
| Headquarters | Eckernförde |
| Servants | 830 |
| Web presence | WTD 71 |
The Defense Technical Service for Ships and Naval Weapons, Maritime Technology and Research ( WTD 71 ) is an authority in the organizational area of equipment, information technology and use (AIN) of the Bundeswehr and the civil service subordinate to the Federal Office for equipment, information technology and use of the Bundeswehr . Its headquarters are in Eckernförde .
history
Forerunner of the WTD 71 included the torpedo experimental station Eckernförde the Imperial Navy , the Navy and the Navy , the torpedo weapon slots of the Air Force , the lock-weapon test command , the artillery test command , the message attempt command and the Chemical and Physical Research Institute .
The WTD 71 emerged from the former test center 71 with the integration of several independent departments. After the integration of the former test centers 71, 72, 73 and parts of test center 81, from 1974 the department was called test center 71 for ships and naval weapons and from 1987 was called the military technical center for ships and naval weapons . After the incorporation of the German Armed Forces Research Institute for Water-borne Sound and Geophysics on February 1, 2009, the department received its current name.
Trial site 71
The testing center 71 for naval weapons was set up by decree of June 1, 1957 on the site of the former torpedo testing facility in Eckernförde. Further testing facilities were located in Surendorf , Aschau and Plön -Ruhleben.
Between 1972 and 1974, the test centers 71, 72 and 73 and the Surendorf branch of the test center 81 for telecommunications and electronics in Greding (Bavaria) were combined under the name test center 71 for ships and naval weapons in Eckernförde.
Testing site 72
The test center 72 for magnetic ship protection was set up in Rendsburg by decree of April 1, 1957 . It took over the operation of several demagnetization stations set up during World War II , which had been kept functional after 1945 by the Federal Ministry of Transport to support mine clearance tasks. This included the demagnetization stations in Kiel - Friedrichsort and Kudensee , which were taken over as branches of the testing station 72. The position in Kudensee was closed in 1961 and rebuilt in Wilhelmshaven . It was handed over to the Naval Arsenal in 1997. Another branch was located in Borgstedt as a test site . In 1974 the test center was transferred to test center 71.
Trial site 73
The test center 73 for ship technology was established on September 1, 1965 in Kiel and took over some work areas of the naval arsenal . It was also transferred to test center 71 in 1974.
Research institute of the German Armed Forces for waterborne noise and geophysics
The Research Institute of the Federal Armed Forces for Water-borne Sound and Geophysics (FWG) in Kiel is used for research in the fields of water-borne noise and geophysics and emerged from the Oceanographic Research Institute of the Federal Armed Forces (OFBw), which primarily conducts maritime meteorological studies and ascertains the natural influences of water on everyone for the defense important processes in the medium of water were responsible. The research ship Planet belongs to the FWG . The FWG was incorporated into WTD 71 on February 1, 2009.
tasks
The WTD 71 has the task of supporting the German Navy in maritime issues relating to defense technology and defense science. “The WTD 71 covers the entire range of maritime defense technology in all phases of the development of defense material. The activities are primarily geared towards the overall ship system and the interaction of different components on and with this system in the maritime environment. ”This includes the tasks
- Maritime research
- Technological research
- Tests and certificates
- Support in the use of defense material and that
- Providing technical expertise.
These are divided into 16 business areas:
- Ship signature
- Torpedo technology / torpedo defense
- Sea mines / anti-sea mines
- Sonar technology
- Management systems
- Communication systems
- Navigation systems
- Reconnaissance systems / electronic warfare
- Electromagnetic interoperability
- Integration of naval weapons systems
- shipbuilding
- Ship engineering
- Ship electrical engineering
- Underwater detonics
- Aquatechnology and life- saving appliances
organization
Of the 830 employees at WTD 71, around 190 are scientists and engineers; there are also technicians, craftsmen, seafarers and administrative staff.
structure
In order to perceive these business areas, the WTD 71 is divided into
- a technical area with the business areas
- Weapon system ship
- Ship technology
- Naval weapons and
- Sensor technology, signatures
- a research area with the business areas
- Scientific experiment and
- research
- a technical-operational service area and
- an economic-administrative service area
Equipment and properties
In addition to the main location in Eckernförde, the properties include the following properties:
In the eastern part of the Borgstedter See near Lehmbek, in a specially dredged basin 40 m wide and 120 m long, there is a geomagnetic field simulator of the Defense Technology Agency 71 of the German Navy for measuring the magnetic signature of naval vehicles such as the submarine class 212 A. or minesweepers. Magnetic fields from anywhere on earth can be simulated. This is necessary to ensure the magnetic self-protection of the vehicles against sea mines. The first simulator, built in the 1960s, was replaced in 2005 by a modern, 40 million euro new building.
- Kiel-Ellerbek
- Kiel- Friedrichsort
- Plön
- Aschau
- Schwedeneck
- Elpersbüttel , Dithmarschen district
The equipment of the WTD 71 includes:
- Acoustic measuring points for ships in shallow water and deep water
- Underwater and surface survey systems
- Trial area for underwater explosions
- Underwater test facility
- Torpedo firing range and track
- Test equipment for simulation
- Various types of marine test stands
- Antenna model measuring station
- Measuring chamber for electromagnetic compatibility
- Test sites for air target, sea target and projectile tests
- 8 test ships
literature
- Edgar Nießen: Die Erprobungsstelle 71 , in: Jürgen Rhades: Jahrbuch der Marine , Episode 13, 1978; Koblenz, Bonn 1978; ISBN 3-8033-0275-7 .
- Doris Milkert: Maritime Technology and Research - Defense Technical Service for Ships and Naval Weapons. MarineForum 9/2016, pp. 8–13 ( PDF file , 1.1 MB).
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Edgar Nießen: Die Erprobungsstelle 71 , in: Jürgen Rhades: Jahrbuch der Marine , Episode 13, 1978; Koblenz, Bonn 1978; ISBN 3-8033-0275-7 .
- ↑ See for this section Federal Archives / Military Archives holdings BV 7 ( Memento from August 3, 2004 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ Oliver Krauss: Armaments and armament testing in German naval history with special consideration of the Torpedoversuchsanstalt (dissertation, Kiel 2006), p. 346. ( online )
- ↑ Portrait of the WTD 71st Federal Office for Equipment, Information Technology and Use of the Bundeswehr, accessed on July 5, 2017 .
- ^ Wehrtechnische Dienststelle (WTD 71) - New department in the armaments sector of the Bundeswehr; in: Marineforum 7 / 8-2009, p. 10 ff
- ^ Geographical location of the WTD 71st Federal Office for Equipment, Information Technology and Use of the Bundeswehr, accessed on July 5, 2017 .
- ^ Lübeck Waterways and Shipping Office. Archived from the original on February 12, 2013 ; accessed on January 14, 2018 .
- ↑ The Lübeck Waterways and Shipping Authority inaugurates the Earth's magnetic field simulator. (PDF) Lübeck Waterways and Shipping Office, November 7, 2005, accessed on January 14, 2018 .
Coordinates: 54 ° 28 ′ 25 ″ N , 9 ° 51 ′ 34 ″ E