Dutch ASWF Frigate Program Faces Further Delays as Belgium Evaluates Options
Dutch Defence outlines ASWF frigate progress and a potential pivot to F126 industrial capacity following project delays, as Belgium weighs its options
Dutch Defence outlines ASWF frigate progress and a potential pivot to F126 industrial capacity following project delays, as Belgium weighs its options
The UK and Netherlands have signed a landmark £2.4 billion agreement to build eight next-generation, 15,000-ton amphibious transport ships optimized for hybrid drone warfare. UK
Belgium and the Netherlands will transfer a total of seven Tripartite mine countermeasure (MCM) vessels to Bulgaria free of charge. Belgian Ministry of Defense press

The Dutch Minister of Defense, Ruben Brekelmans, has announced a new €400 million support program for Ukraine, which includes around 100 vessels of various types,
The Royal Netherlands Navy is set to receive two low-cost, low-manned multifunction support vessels (‘Multifunctionele ondersteuningsvaartuigen’)
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.
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.
French company Naval Group will build four new submarines for the Royal Netherlands Navy, as the Dutch House of Representatives decided on 11 June.
The Dutch government announced today it has “provisionally selected” French shipbuilder Naval Group to build its future submarines…
Naval Group at NEDS 2023: Barracuda family submarine and rMCM vessel