Mine countermeasure (MCM) capabilities will likely be high up on NATO’s agenda for the upcoming summit in Brussels, Belgium, in July this year. A number of alliance members are working on determining their next step in MCM platforms, which is…
Dag: 20 maart 2018
The Royal Netherlands Navy’s first upgraded Goalkeeper close-in weapon system recently passed its sea acceptance trials aboard landing platform dock HNLMS Johan de Witt, Thales – the company in charge of the system modernization – announced. The test came six years…
A common maintenance model between Germany and Norway will see German Navy submarines maintained at a support hub in Norway. The two countries in 2017 signed an MoU that will see increased cooperation on a number of key programmes, including…
Wat in het buitenland gebeurt, raakt rechtstreeks aan de veiligheid van Nederland. Wereldwijde inzet is daarom nodig, in het Nederlands belang. ‘Veiligheid is de ruggengraat van het Nederlandse buitenlandbeleid’, stelt minister Blok van Buitenlandse Zaken. Vandaag presenteert het kabinet de…