Belgian Navy to procure a third Coastal Patrol Vessel
The Belgian Navy plans to procure a third coastal patrol vessel through the Belgian Defense Ministry as part of the « STAR » investment plan.
24 Mar 2023
The Belgian Navy plans to procure a third coastal patrol vessel through the Belgian Defense Ministry as part of the « STAR » investment plan.
17 Jan 2023
The Belgian government on January 13 gave its green light to a Belgian command of Operation Agenor, the maritime pillar of the European-led Maritime Awareness Mission in the Strait of Hormuz (EMASOH).
22 Dec 2022
The first mine countermeasure (MCM) mothership for the Belgian Navy, "Oostende" (M940), is now fully assembled in Concarneau, Brittany.
06 Sep 2022
Belgium is about to increase its defense budget significantly...
16 Jul 2022
Belgium is considering deploying one of its Tripartite-class minehunters to the Black Sea, the Defense Minister Ludivine Dedonder said on Wednesday.
20 Jan 2022
A demonstration of the deployment and recovery operation of the fully remotely operated USV took place in the presence of the Belgian and Dutch navies as part of the rMCM program.
05 Dec 2021
On 30 November 2021, French shipbuilder Naval Group laid the keel for the first of the twelve Oostende-class mine countermeasure vessels...
24 Aug 2021
The Defence Materiel Organisation (Defensie Materieel Organisatie - DMO) of the Netherlands Ministry of Defence issued a request for information (RFI) on August 18, 2021 about a sonar for the future frigates of the Royal Netherlands Navy.
20 Jul 2021
A steel cutting ceremony for the Belgian Navy and Royal Netherlands Navy mine countermeasure vessel (MCM) program was held at Crist Shipyard in Gdynia (Poland), on July 19. The first steel sheet was cut for the Belgian Navy's first-in-class MCM vessel.
16 Apr 2021
Belgian Navy frigate Leopold I this week joined Operation AGENOR, the military part of the EMASOH (European-led Maritime Awareness in the Strait of Hormuz).