The Belgian Armed Forces has taken delivery of six new remotely operated vehicles (ROVs) built by French maritime robotics company Exail. The craft will be used by the Belgian Navy for inspection and disposal of underwater explosive ordnance as well as safeguarding of harbours, coastal areas,...
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Deliveries include inflatable boats for the Albanian military and an air-cushion landing craft for the US Navy. The US Coast Guard’s newest large cutter completes build ..
VESSEL REVIEW | Belgica – Belgian Navy’s new oceanographic research vessel
The Belgian Navy recently took delivery of a new oceanographic research vessel from Freire Shipyard in Spain. The vessel, which is named Belgica, is equipped to operate i ..
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French builder lays keel of second minehunter under joint Dutch-Belgian program
French shipbuilder the Naval Group has laid the keel for the second unit in a series of 12 mine countermeasures (MCM) vessels being built as part of a joint program betwe ..
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Belgian Navy takes delivery of new research vessel
The Belgian Navy recently took delivery of a new oceanographic research vessel. Belgica arrived at its homeport of Zeebrugge earlier this month following a four-day deliv ..
Keel laid for first of 12 new minehunters under joint Belgian-Dutch program
The Naval Group of France laid the keel for a new 82-metre mine countermeasures (MCM) vessel at its Concarneau shipyard on Tuesday, November 30. The vessel is the first o ..
Construction starts on new minehunters for Dutch, Belgian navies
Crist Shipyard in Gdynia, Poland, has held a steel-cutting ceremony to mark the start of construction of 12 new mine countermeasures (MCM) vessels for the Belgian and Roy ..
Belgian, Dutch navies choose French-designed USV for minehunting
The Belgian Navy and the Royal Netherlands Navy have chosen an unmanned surface vehicle (USV) developed by France’s ECA Group for their joint mine countermeasures ..
ECA Robotics to build unmanned minehunting vehicles for Belgian, Dutch navies
ECA Robotics, a French subsidiary of ECA Group, has entered into an agreement wherein it will outsource the manufacture and delivery of unmanned mine countermeasures ..