by John Konrad (gCaptain) The Dutch Ministry of Defense has announced a bold investment of up to €1 billion in two new support vessels that could redefine naval logistics. These…
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The Dutch Ministry of Defence has issued a statement describing an “unsafe” close approach by Chinese military aircraft near a Royal Netherlands Navy warship in international waters off China earlier this month. The incident involving the frigate HNLMS Tromp occurred as the ship was operating in...
The Dutch Ministry of Defence has awarded French shipbuilder the Naval Group a preliminary contract for the design and construction of new expeditionary submarines for the Royal Netherlands Navy. The submarines will be diesel-electric powered variants of the nuclear-powered Barracuda-class boats...
Netherlands-based the Damen Shipyards Group and Swedish defence technology company Saab have entered into an agreement on the manufacture of export variants of Saab’s C71 expeditionary submarines. The C71-class submarines are being developed as replacements for the Royal Netherlands Navy’s ageing Walrus-class boats. The newer submarines’ modular design allows room for customisation as well as […]
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By Sarah Jacob and Diederik Baazil (Bloomberg) –The Netherlands has earmarked several billion euros to replace most of its large surface ships over the next 15 years, as the country seeks…
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By Sarah Jacob and Diederik Baazil (Bloomberg) –The Netherlands has earmarked several billion euros to replace most of its large surface ships over the next 15 years, as the country seeks…
https://gcaptain.com/netherlands-to-spend-billions-on-ships-to-boost-defense-capacity/
The Royal Netherlands Navy recently acquired the first vessel in a new series of three small line handling tugs built by local boatbuilder Stormer Marine. Bolder and its sisters Beting and Bakspier will replace the navy’s five Schelde-class tugs, which have been in service since the 1980s. Their...
The Dutch Ministry of Defence has confirmed its plans to supply two Royal Netherlands Navy mine countermeasures (MCM) vessels as part of a military aid package for Ukrain ..
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Two new response boats have been delivered to separate operators in Denmark and the Netherlands as a UK company starts construction on a new series of unmanned rescue veh ..
Indonesia is a country of 17,500 islands with 80,000 kilometres of coastline. It is therefore a nation that needs to place considerable emphasis upon maritime security. T ..
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