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ECA Group and TMT Sign MoU For Royal Australian Navy Mine Countermeasures Program

: May 12, 2021 - : 11:15 am

Australian company Total Marine Technology (TMT) and  French company ECA Group have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to combine their expertise in the domain of unmanned technologies in order to partner for the SEA 1905 Phase 1 – Tranche 1 Program of the Royal Australian Navy (RAN) for their future Maritime Mine Countermeasures and Military Survey Capability.

The Royal Australian Navy’s SEA 1905 Maritime Mine Countermeasures (MCM) Program was announced in April 2019 to replace the RAN’s four remaining Huon-class Minehunter Coastal (MHC) ships. In January this year, Australia’s Minister for Defence also stated that the new ships would be based on the Arafura-class offshore patrol vessel. The vessels will deploy modular unmanned autonomous systems that will provide them with mine-hunting and military survey capabilities.  The request for tender SEA 1905 Phase 1 – Tranche 1 is expected for the fourth quarter of 2021.

The program schedule of SEA 1905 Phase 1 is on schedule. First pass approval has occurred while second pass approval is expected in the third or fourth quarter of 2022.  Introduction of capability is scheduled for 2023/2024 while IOC (initial operational capability) is expected in the backend of 2024. The future mine warfare and hydrographic vessels are expected to cost between A$3.3 –A$5 billion.

” We are extremely happy to team with TMT, to strengthen our position in the southern hemisphere and specifically Australia, and to contribute to a sustainable Australian SEA 1905 Tranche 1 program,” said Daniel Scourzic, VP for Strategic Programs at ECA Group. “Our aim is to share and implement our expertise together with TMT in order to provide the Royal Australian Navy with sea proven, state of the art technologies tailored to their operational needs and to adapt the system over time to take into account the evolving threat as well as new technologies as they become available.”

“We believe the linking with ECA Group is a significant event which will unlock opportunities in the defence sector, through the provision of focused and well implemented new technologies,” said Paul Colley, CEO of TMT.  “The strengths of both companies are well suited to providing an integrated solution to address the rapidly developing area of undersea capability. To work collaboratively with the ECA Group is a real win for TMT.”

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