German space centre cuts steel on ocean-going tech platform

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Steel has been cut on a unique ocean-going technology platform being built by the German Aerospace Centre (Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt, or DLR).

The ‘Brennstart’ – the steel-cutting ceremony took place at the FSG Shipyard in Flensburg, officially marking the start of construction of a floating laboratory that research propulsion systems, autonomous navigation and security and defence research projects.

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