Netherlands firms up plans for multifunction support vessels
The Royal Netherlands Navy is set to receive two low-cost, low-manned multifunction support vessels (‘Multifunctionele ondersteuningsvaartuigen’)
27 Sep 2024
The Royal Netherlands Navy is set to receive two low-cost, low-manned multifunction support vessels (‘Multifunctionele ondersteuningsvaartuigen’)
11 Sep 2024
The Netherlands and Naval Group have signed the Industrial Cooperation Agreement (ICA) related to the contract for the Replacement Netherlands Submarine Capability (RNSC) program that will be signed in the coming weeks by the Netherlands Ministry of Defense.
05 Sep 2024
The Dutch Ministry of Defence will receive additional funding as an answer to the current complex security situation in Europe and beyond. The Royal Netherlands Navy will get two additional ASW frigates and 6 more NH90 NFH helicopters.
13 Jun 2024
French company Naval Group will build four new submarines for the Royal Netherlands Navy, as the Dutch House of Representatives decided on 11 June.
15 Mar 2024
The Dutch government announced today it has "provisionally selected" French shipbuilder Naval Group to build its future submarines...
06 Dec 2023
Naval Group at NEDS 2023: Barracuda family submarine and rMCM vessel
28 Nov 2022
Interview with Vice Admiral Arie Jan de Waard, Director of the Defense Materiel Organization (DMO) on three major Dutch naval programs
31 Oct 2021
The Dutch "Walrus-class replacement program" will take more time than initially planned...
30 Oct 2021
The Hellenic defense procurement agency (GDDIA) and the Dutch Defense Materiel Organization (DMO) signed on 27 October 2021 a letter of intent (LOI) for the transfer of two Karel Doorman-class (M-class) frigates and 6 Alkmaar-class (Tripartite-class) mine countermeasures (MCM) vessels
31 May 2021
The Dutch Ministry of Defense on May 28 informed the House of Representatives about the progress of Walrus-class submarines replacement program. It was followed by the first official communication on the Royal Netherlands Navy (RNLN) future submarine program since December 2019 and the release of the "B-Letter".