OCCAR Delivers a new Mine Warfare USV to France
OCCAR (Organisation for Joint Armament Co-operation) announced the successful delivery of “Rigel”, the second Unmanned Surface Vessel (USV) for the French Navy (Marine Nationale) under
OCCAR (Organisation for Joint Armament Co-operation) announced the successful delivery of “Rigel”, the second Unmanned Surface Vessel (USV) for the French Navy (Marine Nationale) under
Coinciding with the first autonomous MMCM Primary System delivery by OCCAR (Organisation for Joint Armament Co-operation) to the United Kingdom , munition from the MMCM
Thales has reached a historic milestone by delivering the first end-to-end autonomous maritime mine hunting system to the Royal Navy. This achievement comes under the
On February 27, 2025, OCCAR (Organisation Conjointe de Coopรฉration en matiรจre d’Armement / Organisation for Joint Armament Co-operation) announced the first delivery of the MMCM (Maritime Mine Counter Measures) system to the UK.
A significant step towards autonomous mine-hunting operations has been achieved after Royal Navy USV Apollo completed a series of trials…
ATLAS ELEKTRONIK UK (AEUK) has been contracted by DE&Sโs Mine Hunting Capability (MHC) Team to supply its SeaCat Autonomous Underwater Vehicle (AUV) Systems for the UK Royal Navy (RN).

On November 25, 2021, the French armament procurement agency (DGA) took delivery of the first SLAMF (Systรจme de lutte anti-mines futur) Future Mine Warfare System prototype…
One key outcome of the UK governmentโs March 2021 Defence Command Paper โDefence in a competitive ageโ was to set out plans for the phased replacement of the Royal Navyโs current mine countermeasures vessel fleet by a new generation of maritime autonomous systems.
Naval News earlier this year visited the Thales site of Brest to learn about the latest developments in the French-British MMCM program. We learned about some key milestones being achieved.

Saab has received the first order from prime contractor Thales, acting as System Integrator of the end to end solution, for the Multi-Shot Mine Neutralisation System (MuMNS).