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Naval Group offers MP-OPV to Lithuanian Navy
As Naval News reported back in May, French shipbuilder Naval Group is offering its multi-purpose patrol and mine warfare vessel as a solution to the
9 December 2025
As Naval News reported back in May, French shipbuilder Naval Group is offering its multi-purpose patrol and mine warfare vessel as a solution to the
On November 3, 2025, the M940 Oostende, the first vessel of the new mine countermeasure capability under the Belgian-Dutch Replacement Mine Counter Measures (rMCM) program,
First vessel of the Belgo-Ducth rMCM program, the ‘Oostende’, has completed her sea trials following an extensive set of tests with her ‘toolbox’. Exail press
The French shipyard Kership (joint-venture between Piriou and Naval Group), prime contractor for the construction of Belgian-Dutch rMCM vessels has launched the third vessel ‘Brugge’
The Vlissingen, the second of the series of mine warfare motherships of the Belgian-Dutch rMCM programme, first intended for the Royal Netherlands Navy, began her
Belgium MoD press release On Thursday February 20, Belgium, the Netherlands and France signed the official letter granting the sublicense to France. This gives the
The Belgian Navy celebrated the start of construction of the Liège, a mine countermeasures vessel, with a keel-laying ceremony at the Giurgiu shipyard in Romania.
This state-of-the-art facility is dedicated to the production and support of Mine Warfare drones.
Belgium Naval & Robotics – a consortium formed by Naval Group and Exail – expects to perform operational qualification of the drone ‘toolbox’ for the new Belgian-Netherlands (BE/NL) replacement Mine Countermeasures (rMCM) programme during the first half of 2025, Naval News has learned.
The rMCM program calls for the replacement of the mine warfare capability in both Belgium and the Netherlands. Six vessels are currently being built for
