Editing German Navy (section)

==Future developments==
* Three Type 424 Electronic reconnaissance ships ordered in July 2023 to replace the Type 423 ''[[Oste-class fleet service ship|Oste]]''. It will be delivered from 2029 to 2031. The cost of this project is €3.26 billion, and the financing comes from the regular defence budget.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-07-13 |title=Chinook-Helikopter, Flottendienstboote, luftlandefähige Fahrzeuge für die Truppe |url=https://www.bmvg.de/de/aktuelles/chinooks-flottendienstboote-und-luftlandefahrzeuge-5646766 |access-date=2023-07-14 |website=www.bmvg.de |language=de}}</ref>
* The German government has announced the selection in January 2020 and contracting in June 2020 of [[Damen Group]] as the main contractor, together with partners [[Blohm+Voss]] and [[Thales Group|Thales]], for supplying four Multi-Purpose Combat Ship [[F126 frigate]]s to the German Navy with an additional Order for 2 ships in 2024. The ships will be built at Blohm + Voss shipyard in Hamburg and at other shipyard locations of the North German Lürssen Group.<ref>[https://www.damen.com/en/news/2020/01/damen_and_blohm_voss_selected_for_construction_german_mks180_frigates damen.com] – ''DAMEN AND BLOHM + VOSS SELECTED FOR CONSTRUCTION GERMAN MKS180 FRIGATES'' (14 January 2020).</ref>
* Two further-developed [[Type 212]] submarines with significant advancements (Known as [[Type 212CD submarine|Type 212CD]]) will be designed & procured with the [[Royal Norwegian Navy]] in the next decade.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.thyssenkrupp-marinesystems.com/en/newsroom/press-releases/press-detail-page/ceremony-for-the-major-submarine-contracts-between-norway-and-germany-119547|title=Ceremony for the major submarine contracts between Norway and Germany|last=Press releases|newspaper=thyssenkrupp|access-date=2021-08-30}}</ref> The contract was signed in July 2021,<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.fma.no/aktuelt-og-media/2020/norge-og-tyskland-signerer-avtaler-for-nye-ubater-og-missiler|title=Norway and Germany sign agreements for submarine and missile acquisition|newspaper=Norwegian Defence Materiel Agency|access-date=2021-07-10}}</ref> where according to the official statement the "NDMA and its German counterparts in the Bundesamt für Ausrüstung, Informationstechnik und Nutzung der Bundeswehr (BAAINBw) will acquire six new submarines – four Norwegian (in June 2024 increased to six) and two German – as well as [[Naval Strike Missile]]s for use on both German and Norwegian naval vessels." According to [[ThyssenKrupp Marine Systems]] the delivery of the two boats for the German Navy is scheduled for 2032 and 2034.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.navalnews.com/naval-news/2021/07/tkms-to-build-six-type-212cd-submarines-for-german-and-norwegian-navies/|title=NTKMS To Build Six Type 212CD Submarines For German And Norwegian Navies|newspaper=navalnews.com (TKMS press release)|access-date=2021-07-10}}</ref>
* Five additional [[Braunschweig class corvette]]s are ordered and will be delivered 2020–2023.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.faz.net/aktuell/politik/inland/fuenf-neue-korvetten-fuer-die-bundeswehr-14481903.html|title=Koalition will Boote kaufen: Bundeswehr soll fünf neue Korvetten bekommen|date=2016-10-14|newspaper=Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung|issn=0174-4909|access-date=2016-11-08|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161015163243/https://www.faz.net/aktuell/politik/inland/fuenf-neue-korvetten-fuer-die-bundeswehr-14481903.html|archive-date=15 October 2016|url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[NH90 NFH]] 'Sea Tiger' Helicopters ordered to replace [[Westland Lynx|Lynx]] in ASW/AsuW role, originally ordered by the German Army as NH90 TTH variant with deliveries planned from 2025 onwards. Up to 31 could be ordered.
* 18 [[NH90 MRH]] 'Sealion' Helicopters are unarmed and replaced the 21 [[Westland Sea King#Germany|''Sea King'' helicopters]] of Naval Air Wing 5 in SAR and ship-based Transport Role (VertRep) with deliveries from 2019 till 2023.
* The [[Saab Skeldar]] has been ordered as a testbed for a future maritime UAV for the Braunschweig class corvette.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.bundeswehr-journal.de/2018/hubschrauberdrohne-skeldar-v-200-fuer-deutsche-marine/ |title=Hubschrauberdrohne Skeldar V-200 für deutsche Marine – |date=29 August 2018 |access-date=30 September 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180930115712/http://www.bundeswehr-journal.de/2018/hubschrauberdrohne-skeldar-v-200-fuer-deutsche-marine/ |archive-date=30 September 2018 |url-status=live }}</ref>
* Integration of the German Navy Marines ([[Seebataillon]]) in the [[Netherlands Marine Corps]] and use of the Amphibious ships of the Royal Netherlands Navy such as the joint support ship [[HNLMS Karel Doorman (A833)]] as of 2016.
* In June 2020 it was announced that German Navy and [[Royal Netherlands Navy]] will cooperate and plan the [[Future Air Defender|future replacement]] of both the [[Sachsen-class frigate|''Sachsen''-class frigate]] and [[De Zeven Provinciën-class frigate|''De Zeven Provinciën''-class frigate]] from 2030 onwards.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Vavasseur|first=Xavier|date=2020-12-18|title=Germany and the Netherlands Joining Forces for F-124 / LCF Frigate Replacement|url=https://www.navalnews.com/naval-news/2020/12/germany-and-the-netherlands-joining-forces-for-f-124-lcf-frigate-replacement/|access-date=2021-03-14|website=Naval News|language=en-US}}</ref>