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…
Exail has finalised a large order of simulated sonar data from Mission Systems,an Australian R&D focused company.
The German Armed Forces will equip Frankenthal-class MCM vessels with new “SeaCat” Autonomous Underwater Vehicles for mine countermeasures.
The US Navy issued an update solicitation on the Mining Expendable Delivery Unmanned Submarine Asset (MEDUSA) system’s draft RFP.
Northrop Grumman will provide Airborne Laser Mine Detection System (ALMDS) to South Korea.
France inked, at the end of August, a MoU to join Belgium and the Netherlands for Mine Warfare motherships for the French Navy.
