News from the BWB
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On 13 July 2010 the Minister of Defense, Karl-Theodor zu Guttenberg, visited the Federal Office of Defense Technology and Procurement (BWB) in Koblenz in the course of his summer tour.
Under the project ”Modernization of Medium-Range Aircraft of the Special Air Mission Wing of the Federal Ministry of Defense (FMOD)“, the first Airbus A319CJ aircraft was delivered by Lufthansa Technik AG (LHT) to the Federal Office of Defense Technology and Procurement (BWB) on 17 February 2010.
Under the project “Modernization of Medium-Range Aircraft of Special Air Mission Wing, Federal Ministry of Defense (FMOD)”, the first Airbus A319CJ type aircraft was delivered by Airbus Deutschland GmbH to the main contractor Lufthansa Technik AG (LHT) in Hamburg-Finkenwerder on 13 May 2009.
On 1 February 2009 the Bundeswehr Technical Center for Ships and Naval Weapons (WTD 71) and the Bundeswehr Institute for Underwater Sound and Geophysical Research (FWG) were merged as the “new” WTD 71. WTD 71 is now called “Bundeswehr Technical Center for Ships and Naval Weapons, Maritime Technology and Research”.
On 19 December 2008, the Federal Office of Defense Technology and Procurement concluded a contract with Lufthansa Technik AG (LHT) on the in-service support for the new medium-range fleet of the Special Air Mission Wing of the Federal Ministry of Defense (FMOD).
