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Naval Group Lays Keel for Second Belgian-Dutch Mine Countermeasure Platform

June 15, 2022 @ 06:47 AM

Naval Group laid the keel for the second of the twelve mine countermeasure platforms of the Belgian-Dutch rMCM program, the HNLMS Vlissingen, intended for the Royal Netherlands Navy, June 14. The keel laying ceremony took place in Lanester, in the presence of Vice Admiral René Tas, Commander of the Royal Netherlands Navy, Commodore Harold Boekholt, Director of Projects of the Netherlands Defence Material Organisation, Lieutenant General Marc Thys, Belgian Deputy Chief of Defence and Major General Ivan De Tender, Belgian Material Resources Public Procurement
Sweden to Host NATO Exercise in Strong Message to Russia

May 27, 2022 @ 06:10 AM

Sweden, which along with Finland has applied to join NATO, will host the BALTOPS 22 exercise next month in a strong message to neighboring Russia. With Stockholm's NATO application, Sweden ends decades of neutrality and joins NATO at a time when the alliance focused on supporting Ukraine in its war against Russia
General Atomics Announces Development of STOL-Capable MQ-9B Aircraft

May 11, 2022 @ 06:44 AM

General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI) said it will begin developing a short takeoff and landing (STOL)-capable MQ-9B aircraft, which includes the SkyGuardian and SeaGuardian models
Rheinmetall’s Mission Master UGV Fires Thales 70 mm Guided Rockets in Sweden

April 8, 2022 @ 06:10 AM

Rheinmetalls Mission Master SP Autonomous Unmanned Ground Vehicle (UGV) launched Thales laser-guided FZ275 rockets during a demonstration at the Trängslet base of the Swedish procurement agency Försvarets Materielverk (FMV). Delegations from Belgium, Denmark, Sweden, Norway, the Netherlands and Poland were present
Indonesia Accepts First Batch of Turkey-Developed Kaplan Tanks

March 16, 2022 @ 06:24 AM

Indonesias military took delivery of the first batch of
NATO Defence Ministers Schedule Meeting to Discuss Ukraine Situation

March 16, 2022 @ 05:27 AM

Defence Ministers of countries that are members of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) have scheduled a meeting on 16 March to discuss Russias invasion of their neighbor, Ukraine. “(Russian) President Putins brutal invasion of Ukraine is causing death and destruction every day; it has shocked the world; and shaken the international order,” NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said in a press conference Tuesday
GA-ASI Picks Belgian Companies to Support MQ-9B Development

February 11, 2022 @ 06:54 AM

General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI) has selected two Belgian companies -- ALX Systems and Coexpair -- to support the development of the MQ-9B SkyGuardian Remotely Piloted Aircraft (RPA) and other advanced RPA-related projects
Solution for Lateral Deployment and Recovery of Drones for Belgian-Dutch Mine Hunter...

January 24, 2022 @ 07:25 AM

Belgium Naval & Robotics (BNR) and Naval Group-ECA consortium tested the solution for rallying, recovering, maintaining and launching surface drones (Launch And Recovery System or LARS) in Toulon recently. On January 13, a demonstration of the deployment and recovery operation of the fully remotely operated USV (Unmanned Surface Vehicle) and a presentation of the test results took place in the presence of the Royal Belgian and Dutch navies as part of the rMCM (Replacement Mine Counter Measure) program
Keel Laid for 1st Mine Countermeasure Vessel of Belgian-Dutch Program

December 2, 2021 @ 01:57 PM

Naval Group laid the keel for the first of the twelve mine countermeasure vessels of the Belgian-Dutch rMCM program, intended for Belgium, on November 30. This program was awarded in 2019 to Belgium Naval & Robotics, the consortium formed by Naval Group and ECA Group, following an international competition
Naval Group Launches Mine Counter Measures Lab in Brussels

November 27, 2021 @ 04:13 AM

Naval Group announced the creation of the MCM (Mine CounterMeasures) R&D centre within its subsidiary, Naval Group Belgium, on Thursday. This centre will work jointly with Belgian partners in a collaborative laboratory called the MCM Lab

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