Naval Group lays the keel for the first mine countermeasure vessel of the Belgian-Dutch rMCM program
On 30 November 2021, Naval Group has laid the keel for the first of the twelve mine countermeasure vessels of the Belgian-Dutch rMCM program, intended for Belgium. The keel laying ceremony took place in Concarneau, in the presence of the [...]
ECA ROBOTICS BELGIUM INAUGURATES ITS NEW HEADQUARTERS AND R&D CENTRE IN MOUSCRON
ECA ROBOTICS Belgium is honoured to inaugurate its offices in Mouscron in Belgium in the presence of the Belgian Minister of Defence, Ludivine Dedonder. This new building accommodates its headquarters and its new R&D centre, a strong sign of ECA [...]
ECA GROUP selects CTM and PATRIA to supply electromagnetic and acoustic modules for the minesweeping solution it will deliver to the Belgian and Royal Netherlands navies
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 [...]
ECA Group reaches another milestone with regard to the unmanned vehicles that will be manufactured in Belgium for the mine warfare programme of the Belgian Navy and the Royal Netherlands Navy
ECA Robotics, a French subsidiary of ECA Group, has recently signed a contract worth several hundred million euros. This contract comprises the outsourcing to its Belgian subsidiary ECA Robotics Belgium of the manufacturing and delivery of unmanned vehicles dedicated to […]
Naval Group and Kership select Brusselle Carral as supplier of deck equipment for the Belgian and Dutch Mine hunting vessels
Brusselle Carral, a Belgian company based in Zeebruges, has been selected on July 28th 2020 as supplier of deck equipment for the mine hunters built by Kership for Belgium Naval & Robotics (Naval Group / ECA Group consortium) for the […]
ECA Group selects the UAV SKELDAR V-200 within the Belgium Naval & Robotics mine countermeasures drones system for the Belgian and Royal Netherlands Navies
ECA Group awarded UMS SKELDAR a procurement contract to supply the UAV SKELDAR V-200 as part of the naval mine countermeasures capability replacement, a programme led by Belgium Naval & Robotics – a consortium including Naval Group and ECA Group […]
The Belgian-Dutch mine hunter program carried by Belgium Naval & Robotics successfully crosses the «Systems Functional Review» milestone
On May 23, a new contractual milestone was crossed by the Belgium Naval & Robotics teams. Exactly one year after the notification of the contract in 2019, this program, which provides for the supply of twelve mine hunters equipped with […]
World First: Naval Group successfully completes testing of its Launch and Recovery System up to and including NATO sea state 5/6 at the Maritime Research Institute Netherlands
Naval Group achieved 100% successful recoveries of ECA Group’s Inspector 125 up to and including sea state 5/6 using its Launch and Recovery system (LARS) in MARIN test facilities (Wageningen – The Netherlands). In Naval Group’s Dutch partner MARIN facilities, […]
NAVAL GROUP AND ECA GROUP TO PRESENT STAND-OFF MINES COUNTER MEASURES SOLUTION AT PACIFIC 2019
During PACIFIC 2019, Naval Group and ECA Group will showcase their joint solution for stand-off Mines Counter Measures (MCM) selected by Belgium and the Netherlands. Members of the media are invited to a dedicated presentation on Thursday 10th at 10:30am […]
The Belgian Defence notifies Belgium Naval & Robotics the supply contract for 12 minehunters equipped with their drone systems
Today, the Belgium Naval & Robotics consortium, composed of Naval Group and ECA Group, was awarded the contract to supply twelve mine-hunting vessels to the Belgian and Dutch navies. Equipped with around 100 drones, constituting approximately ten drone systems (toolboxes), […]