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Video: Naval Group launches the first MCM mothership for the Belgian Navy
On 29 March 2023, the first of the twelve MCM vessels of the Belgian-Dutch rMCM program, was floated out by Naval Group in Concarneau.
31 March 2023
On 29 March 2023, the first of the twelve MCM vessels of the Belgian-Dutch rMCM program, was floated out by Naval Group in Concarneau.
The Belgian Navy plans to procure a third coastal patrol vessel through the Belgian Defense Ministry as part of the « STAR » investment plan.Â
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).
The first mine countermeasure (MCM) mothership for the Belgian Navy, “Oostende” (M940), is now fully assembled in Concarneau, Brittany.
Belgium is about to increase its defense budget significantly…
Belgium is considering deploying one of its Tripartite-class minehunters to the Black Sea, the Defense Minister Ludivine Dedonder said on Wednesday.
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.
On 30 November 2021, French shipbuilder Naval Group laid the keel for the first of the twelve Oostende-class mine countermeasure vessels…
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.
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.
