An innovative solution for robotic mine warfare fully integrated on board a MCM military vessel.

ECA GROUP has contracted CTM and PATRIA to supply two minesweeping subsystems that will be towed with its INSPECTOR 125-S Unmanned Surface Vehicle (USV). The fully integrated solution will provide enhanced multi-influence minesweeping capabilities within the Mine Counter Measures replacement (rMCM) programme awarded by Belgium and the Netherlands to the Belgium Naval & Robotics consortium, […]

Belgium Naval & Robotics selects IXblue as the supplier of the forefront sonars and the navigation system for the Belgian and Dutch mine countermeasures vessels. These new assets will grant superior capabilities to the ships in terms of increased detectability with the sonars and higher reliability and safety for the navigation system. iXblue, will provide […]

Belgium Naval & Robotics selects Terma as the supplier of the SCANTER 6000 radar for the Belgian and Royal Netherlands Navies Mine Countermeasures replacement programme. This new asset will give superior capabilities to the ships in terms of the detection and tracking of targets. In January 2021, Terma, the Denmark based high-tech group, was contracted […]

Within their Mine Countermeasures capability replacement programme, the Belgian and the Royal Netherlands navies chose the INSPECTOR 125-class USV. At the heart of the MCM mission and the centerpiece of the naval drone system, the INSPECTOR 125 combines all advantages of a sea proven and robust solution with many innovative functions. The INSPECTOR 125 USV […]

Belgium Naval & Robotics – Naval Group and ECA GROUP consortium – announces today a contract award from the Defence Material Organization (DMO) of the Ministry of Defence of the Netherlands worth over 20 million euros. Complementary to and anticipating the deliveries of 6 mine hunters and associated drone systems within the Belgian-Dutch Mine Countermeasures […]

ECA GROUP’s UMISAS sonar completed a series of sea trials in the 2nd half of 2020 in preparation of their integration in AUVs and Towed Sonars for the Mine Countermeasures replacement programme for the Belgian and Royal Netherlands navies. As part of the programme to replace the naval Mine Countermeasures capability of the Belgian and […]

Belgium Naval & Robotics selects BAE Systems as the supplier of the Naval Gun System for the Belgian and Royal Netherlands Navies Mine Countermeasures replacement program. The Bofors 40 Mk4 Gun System will give the mine-hunting vessel a superior self-defence capability. The Bofors 40 Mk4 is a flexible, high versatile gun system designed to react […]