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News - mcm containerised
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Uncrewed Vehicles
NAVDEX 2023: Autonomous minehunter arrives in the Gulf for trials
14th February 2023
The trials will test the ability of the system to operate in the high-stress and high-heat environment of the Arabian Gulf.
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Uncrewed Vehicles
Canada contracts Kraken for new minehunting system
14th December 2022
The new contract stems from the Canadian Navy's force development ambitions to evolve its mine warfare capability and procure modularised, portable and deployable systems.
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Land Warfare
Conlog to supply containerised comms solution to Finnish military
12th December 2022
Conlog has been awarded a contract worth up to €39.1 million to supply containerised communications stations to the Finnish Defence Force.
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Naval Warfare
Algeria and Italy mull new shipbuilding collaboration
10th December 2022
Algeria and Italy are looking into potential cooperation on a joint shipbuilding programme pulling together Fincantieri and Établissement De Costruction Et De Reparation Navale.
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Training
I/ITSEC 2022: CAE to create ‘data ecosystem’ in synthetic environment and rethink approach to innovation
5th December 2022
CAE believes the future of training technologies will be fundamentally driven by bringing different industries together and no single company can exist in a vacuum - an approach that defence should adopt too.
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Air Warfare
BAE destroys fast-moving UAS with APKWS
1st December 2022
BAE Systems has demonstrated the effectiveness of APKWS in targeting agile, high-speed UAS.
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Uncrewed Vehicles
Autonomous mine countermeasure system makes for PESCO debut at REPMUS
28th November 2022
PESCO said the project would take lessons learned from trials during REPMUS and look to build closer cooperation with industry for further testing of new technologies.
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Naval Warfare
First Type 26 frigate begins float-off
28th November 2022
The float-off of the first Type 26 frigate comes shortly after the UK MoD placed a long-awaited order for five further frigates, bringing the total contracted to eight.
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Naval Warfare
Royal Navy to get upgraded torpedo launchers and countermeasures
23rd November 2022
Six of the Royal Navy’s anti-submarine warfare frigates will receive torpedo launcher upgrades.
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Naval Warfare
UK inks long-awaited contract for extra Type 26 frigates
15th November 2022
Against the backdrop of the G20 summit in Indonesia, UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has greenlit a contract to build five more frigates for the UK Royal Navy (RN).
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Training
US awards helicopter training contracts for domestic and international programmes
4th November 2022
The US Navy has awarded contracts for training equipment to support the USMC's CH-53K programme and the Czech Republic's UH-1Y and AH-1Z fleets.
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Naval Warfare
Danish firm opens doors to more modular ship design
31st October 2022
The Cubedin joint venture can trace its roots to the Stanflex concept introduced by the Royal Danish Navy in the late 1980s.
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Training
Aechelon to supply mixed reality training system for B-52 crews
24th October 2022
Aechelon Technology will supply its mixed reality (MR) image generator system with existing integrated database for the B-52 to ensure interoperability with other US platforms.
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Naval Warfare
Indian Navy experiences underwater capability gap
21st October 2022
Indian progress on acquiring and deploying AUVs is still rather pedestrian, leaving capability gaps in underwater detection.
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Naval Warfare
Exail enlists Australian firm for MCM technology inputs
20th October 2022
Exail, one contender for Australia's mine countermeasures competition, has announced a tie-up with Australian robotics firm Mission Systems.
Programme Results - Defence Insight
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Corvettes, OPVs
Multifunction Modular Ships Procurement [Lithuania]
Programme Background Timeline The Baltic republics of Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia (3B) plan to continue developing their respective navies, regarding them as essential elements in the ...
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Minehunters
Mine Countermeasure Vessel [India]
Programme Background Requirements In August 2023, the Indian MoD issued a new Request for Information (RfI) for the procurement of 12 Mine Countermeasures (MCM) Vessels. The ...
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Minehunters
Mine Countermeasures Platforms (1-11) [Germany]
Programme Background Requirements According to German media outlets, in 2018, Germany started the process for the acquisition of 11 new minehunters to bolster the current Type ...
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Landing platform docks/dock landing ships, Sealift/replenishment vessels
Escotillón IV project (1-2) [Chile]
Programme Background Requirements The Chilean Escotillón IV project will modernise the navy’s amphibious transportation capabilities with four new vessels. These ships will replace the Chilean ...
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Military UAS - tactical
Skeldar V-200 Belgian Navy
Programme Background For the joint MCM programme between Belgium and the Netherlands, the Dutch Ministry of Defence issued a notice calling for information regarding the ...
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Minehunters
Tripartite Class Replacement Programme [Belgium]
Programme Background A joint Dutch-Belgian procurement programme is procuring 12 new Mine Countermeasures Vessels (MCMV) to replace the ageing Tripartite-class MCM, which are due to ...
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Military - USVs, Military - UUVs, Minehunters
P6359 Future Naval Mine Countermeasures system (NMCM) [Norway]
Programme Background Requirements Norway's current inventory of mine countermeasures (MCM) vessels consists of two Oksøy-class mine hunting vessels and two Atla-class mine sweeping vessels with a ...
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Minehunters
Kormoran II Class MCM (1-3) (Poland)
Programme Background The Kormoran II-class is to consist of three minehunters for the Polish Navy. The class are part of a long term effort to enhance the ...
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Minehunters
Project SEA 1905 - MMCMMS [Australia]
Programme Background Requirements Australia is looking to acquire up to eight new advanced mine countermeasures/hydrographic survey vessels under the Project SEA 1905 Maritime Mine Countermeasures ...
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Minehunters
MCM and Hydrographic Capability (MHC) programme
There is no undiminished threat from mines and underwater improvised explosive devices (UWIEDs) yet financial pressures have seen the UK Royal Navy's MCMV force halves ...
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Frigates
Type 32 [UK]
Programme Background Requirements The UK Secretary of State for Defence, Ben Wallace, has said work on the new programme will not begin until the mid-2020s. ...
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Minehunters
El Kasseh Class
Programme Background Timeline An order was placed with the Italian company Intermarine, a subsidiary of the Immsi S.p.A industrial group, for El Kasseh 1 back in 2014, ...
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Minehunters
MCMV 47
The original plan for the Brazilian Navy to acquire two new mine countermeasures vessels to replace the aging Aratu-class vessels which were delivered from Germany ...
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Minehunters
Al Jawf Class Replacement [Saudi Arabia]
Programme Background Requirements The Royal Saudi Navy urges the replacement of three Al Jawf-class minehunters. Based on the Sandown-class design, the ships entered service in the ...
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Military UAS - tactical
Skeldar V-200 Dutch Navy
Programme Background The Dutch Ministry of Defence issued a notice calling for information regarding the potential acquisition of a vertical takeoff and landing unmanned aerial ...
Equipment Results - Defence Insight
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OPVs
OPV 1800 Sea Axe
Damen unveiled its 'second-generation' OPV design during the 2015 OPVs and Corvettes Asia Pacific conference in Singapore. The re-configurable OPV uses the Sea Axe hull ...
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Military - UUVs
AUV62-MR
The AUV62-MR is an autonomous UUV designed to perform long-term mine reconnaissance missions. Deliberately designed to resemble the Heavyweight Torpedo (HWT), the system can be ...
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Military - USVs
Venus
The Venus USV is a modular platform designed to meet the demand for the growing interest in reconfigurable USVs for multi-missions. The Venus family includes ...
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Minehunters
Avenger Class
The first Avenger-class minehunter entered service in 1985, with the last of the 14 ordered commissioned in 1994. The ships use Orbital ATK's AN/SLQ-48 remotely ...
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Military UAS - fixed-wing, Military UAS - tactical
Sky Guard SG-03
Saudi Arabia’s tactical Sky Guard SG-03 was developed by Prince Sultan Advanced Technology Research Institute (PSATRI) – an R&D; organisation that supports the Royal Saudi ...
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Minehunters
10750E
The Project 10750E inshore mine countermeasures ship is designed for operations in depths to 100m, in particular areas such as ports, harbours, naval bases and ...
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Military - USVs
ARCIMS
The Atlas Remote Combined Influence Minesweeping System (ARCIMS) is an MCM USV platform. It is capable of being deployed and operated from the shore, a ...
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Military - USVs, Military - UUVs
UMIS
UMIS (Unmanned MCM Information System), unveiled at Euronaval 2016, uses a collaborative system of surface and underwater robots. The UMIS MCM deploys AUVs carrying the ...
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Minehunters
Venari 85
In 2017, BMT Defence Services launched the Venari 85, a new concept for a mine countermeasure (MCM) vessel. BMT teamed up with QinetiQ to develop a vessel ...
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Air: helicopter flight simulators
Apache Longbow Training System
The Longbow Crew Trainer is the centrepiece of Boeing’s AH-64 Apache training. Pilots and other personnel use the high-fidelity flight simulator to practice aircraft procedures ...
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IMCMS
Integrated Mine Countermeasures System (IMCMS) is a sea-proven device designed for MCM operations against modern mines in all waters. It covers mine warfare, including sweeping, ...
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Minehunters
El Kasseh Class
The El Kasseh-class mine countermeasure (MCM) vessels in service with the Algerian Navy are based on the Italian Navy's Lerici- and Gaeta-class MCM vessels. Intermarine built the vessels ...
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Military UAS - rotary-wing, Military UAS - tactical
I N Sky
The Indela I N Sky is a large, trailer-transported VTOL UAV for tactical reconnaissance and surveillance, which has a four-person crew and is controlled from ...
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Military - USVs
SAM 3
The SAM 3 is a USV used to influence minesweeping in confined and shallow waters. The SAM 3 can be remote-controlled from both ship and ...
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Military - UUVs
A9-M
The A9 is a light, man-portable AUV, enabling deployment from small craft and in shallow water as a hand-launched vehicle. This AUV embeds the latest ...