ECA GROUP has contracted CTM and PATRIA to supply two minesweeping subsystems that will be towed with its INSPECTOR 125-S Unmanned Surface Vehicle (USV)...

The Royal Netherlands Navy is conducting operational tests and evaluations of its future unmanned mine warfare systems, as part of the Belgian-Dutch rMCM program.

A steel cutting ceremony for the Belgian Navy and Royal Netherlands Navy mine countermeasure vessel (MCM) program was held at Crist Shipyard in Gdynia (Poland), on July 19. The first steel sheet was cut for the Belgian Navy's first-in-class MCM vessel.

Belgian Minister of Defence Ludivine Dedonder last week detailed for the first time the toolbox ordered for the Belgian-Dutch rMCM program.

Within their Mine Countermeasures capability replacement programme, the Belgian and the Royal Netherlands navies chose the ECA Group's INSPECTOR 125-class USV.

SCANTER 6000 radar solution closing the gap between standard marine navigation radars and more expensive military surveillance radar systems and secures total situational awareness on Belgian/Netherlands replacement MCMV program.

Following a call for tenders, Kership, a subsidiary of the shipyards Naval Group and Piriou, has selected ENGIE Solutions to carry out the studies and installation of all the HVAC systems (Heating, Ventilation and Air-Conditioning) and cold rooms on 6 minesweepers for the Royal Belgian Navy and 6 other ships for the Netherlands.