News from the BWB
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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).
This procurement will provide the German Navy with their third CSS in 2012. The two ships of the first batch, the CSS BERLIN and FRANKFURT AM MAIN, entered into service in 2001 and 2002, respectively.
On 1 October 2008, Mr. Harald Stein assumed office as President of the Federal Office of Defense Technology and Procurement. Also on 1 October 2008, Mr. Reinhard Schütte became new Vice-President of the Federal Office of Defense Technology and Procurement.
