The Oostende, first of the series of mine countermeasures vessels in the 🇧🇪 🇳🇱 rMCM programme, intended for the Belgian Navy, began its first sea trials campaign from Concarneau on 17 July 2024.
The aim is to implement and sea-test the vessel's performance before its delivery.
🇳🇱🇧🇪 19/10/2023, Concarneau
Launching ceremony of the Vlissingen, 2️⃣ of the 12 mine countermeasure vessels of the Belgian-Dutch rMCM programme, intended for the Royal Netherlands Navy, in the presence @kon_marine , @thebelgiannavy and @marinenationale@piriou_group Kership Exail
The 1st of the 12 mine countermeasure vessels of the 🇧🇪🇳🇱 rMCM program, the M940 Oostende intended for @TheBelgianNavy, was floated out in Concarneau. Naval Group also laid the keel for the 3rd one, the Tournai, intended for the @TheBelgianNavy.
@BelgiumDefence@DefensieMin
Naval Group has laid the keel for the 2nd of the 12 mine countermeasure platforms of the 🇳🇱🇧🇪 rMCM program, the HNLMS Vlissingen, intended for the @kon_marine. This programme was awarded in 2019 to Belgium Naval & Robotics, the consortium formed by @navalgroup & @ECA_Group.
⚓️💡 Naval Group inaugurated the MCM Lab and the Cyber Lab, 2 collaborative R&D laboratories created within its subsidiary Naval Group Belgium. #navgeek
Get behind the scenes of the successful #trials of the @navalgroup_in LARS (Launch & Recovery system), the #solution for safely rallying, recovering, maintaining & launching surface #drones.
👉 https://t.co/V49sjIUjCi
During industrial tests conducted in Toulon, the solution for rallying, recovering, maintaining and launching surface drones (LARS, Launch and recovery system) by Belgium Naval & Robotics, a @navalgroup & @ECA_Group consortium, was successfully tested !
👉https://t.co/V9CYBwOkKb
[#SeasonalGreetings ❄☃ from @BELGIUM NAVAL & ROBOTICS team] May 2022 be filled with innovation, passion, prosperity, health & happiness 🎁! Our goal: support you in protecting people & bring the latest innovations for #MineCounterMeasures: https://t.co/r61yT7I4zd
[INTERVIEW] Le concept de déminage en mer et à distance de @belgiumnavrob est un bijou d'innovation. @ECA_Group explique les bénéfices apportés par ce dispositif à la capacité MCM et au savoir-faire des marines 🇩🇪🇳🇱, reconnues pour leur avant-gardisme ➡ https://t.co/9lWQEje0fI
Today, the first mine countermeasure vessel of the Belgian-Dutch Mine rMCM program was launched in Concarneau in the presence of the Belgian and Dutch Chiefs of Defence, Admiral Michel Hofman and General Onno Eichelsheim @BelgiumDefence@Defensie
Working closely with @TheBelgianNavy, @BelgiumNavRob participated to their Technofest 2021. The occasion to meet the local actors, exchange about @navalgroup & @ECA_Group know-how, as well as spreading our recruiting message for our new drone factory in Ostend !
.@belgiumnavrob to provide @thebelgiannavy & @kon_marine with enhanced multi-influence minesweeping capabilities within the #MineCounterMeasures (rMCM) programme. CTM & @PatriaOyj were chosen to supply sub-systems for the USV part of the #drone toolbox 👉 https://t.co/8jF8TnI4YR
[#DRONES] ⚓ Naval Group sets a new research and development partnership with the 🇧🇪 company Space Applications Services. SpaceApps will conduct a one-year study for Naval Group in the field of multi-UAV planning. #navgeek
[VIDEO] @ECA_Group's #MineWarfare Drone Factory Breaks Ground in #Belgium ⚓️🇧🇪🤖
➡️ This cutting-edge 5000 m² facility will be operational in 2022.
➡️ The site in Ostend will produce & maintain the MCM unmanned systems for @TheBelgianNavy and @kon_marine
https://t.co/AafcAaP8hA
Interview with Admiral @JBeurme, the Commander of the Marine Component (@TheBelgianNavy) about two ongoing programs: The replacement of the mine counter measure (#MCM) vessels and systems and the anti-submarine warfare frigate (#ASWF)🇧🇪⚓️@BelgiumNavRob
https://t.co/LBJYSAxLUs
I was on the site of the future @ECA_Group drone factory in Ostende today where the future toolboxes of @TheBelgianNavy MCM vessels will be produced. I had the chance to meet and interview Admiral @JBeurme 🇧🇪⚓ I also went to #EGUERMIN the NATO Excellence Center for #MineWarfare
.@belgiumnavrob selects @ixblue’s forefront sonars and inertial navigation system for The Belgian Navy and Koninklijke Marine's 12 mine countermeasures vessels. #MCM#minecountermeasures#saferseas
➡https://t.co/7Kl2OBQ2QK