As part of the “Trilateral Initiative” launched with Romania and Bulgaria under the leadership of Türkiye, the Mine Countermeasures Black Sea (MCM BLACK SEA) Task
The Ukrainian Navy is developing its new MCM capability, and will demonstrate this capability during Exercise Sea Breeze.
In the frame of the European Defence FUND (EDF), Naval Group Belgium will lead the E=MCM project for a period of three years.
The U.S. Navy embarked the first Mine Countermeasures Mission Package (MCM MP) aboard USS Canberra (LCS 30), April 18, service officials announced.
Thale e-POC enables naval forces to conduct mine countermeasures missions quickly and efficiently using only unmanned underwater vehicles (UUVs).
On January 10, 2024, the Romanian Ministry of Defense issued a press release stating that the Bulgarian minister would sign a memorandum of understanding with Turkey and Bulgaria to counter the threat of sea mines in the Black Sea.
South Korea’s Hanwha Systems won a contract to develop an AI-based automatic naval mine detection system for the ROK Navy.
The German MCM replacement has failed over cost and capability concerns. A life extension of the existing fleet is to follow.
Rheinmetall’s Mine Rail Deployment System (MRDS) is platform-agnostic and can be containerised.
Saab Australia and Exail are in the the running to deliver a Mine Counter Measures and military survey capability to the Australian Navy…
