×

Maintenance Repair & Overhaul Space Air Cargo

Home- Stories

Artist Impression of Royal Netherlands Navy's MCM vessels

Naval Group Belgium Leads Europe’s Mine Countermeasures Project

Our Bureau - : Jun 7, 2024 - : 1:56 am

The European Commission has chosen a consortium led by Naval Group Belgium to spearhead the European Extended Mine Countermeasures (E=MCM) project. This initiative, funded by the European Defence Fund (EDF), will be directed by Naval Group Belgium, a subsidiary of Naval Group, over the next three years. Building on the successful completion of the MIRICLE project at the end of 2023, 21 European partners will collaborate to develop a sovereign European capability in mine warfare.

With maritime mine threats posing significant risks to both civil and military naval sectors, European navies are bolstering their capacities to address these dangers across extensive maritime areas. The E=MCM project was proposed to the European Commission in response to a 2023 call from the European Defence Fund. Having been selected, the project is set to commence in the last quarter of 2024, continuing the progress initiated by the MIRICLE project towards next-generation, European-made countermeasure solutions, and supporting the broader European naval community.

The E=MCM project builds on the achievements of the MIRICLE project, which aims to establish next-generation mine countermeasures (MCM) platforms and toolbox technologies for enhanced operations. The objective of the E=MCM project is to address development gaps in these new capabilities (toolbox 2.0), providing faster, safer, and more resilient MCM operations. The project will involve designing, prototyping, and demonstrating a unified system-of-systems architecture featuring scalable unmanned autonomous toolboxes, as well as intelligent platforms and decision-support tools, to counter drifting, tethered, and buried mines.

The ultimate goal of E=MCM is to deliver new MCM capability prototypes that are ready for industrialization within the European Union.

The consortium involved in the E=MCM project comprises 21 beneficiaries from 11 European countries:

  • Naval Group Belgium
  • Naval Group SA (France)
  • Exail Robotics SAS (France)
  • Exail Robotics Belgium (Belgium)
  • Thales DMS (France)
  • Nederlandse Organisatie voor Toegepast Natuurwetenschappelijk Onderzoek (The Netherlands)
  • Elwave SAS (France)
  • Office National d’Etudes et de Recherches (France)
  • Vlaams Instituut voor de Zee (Belgium)
  • Agenţia de Cercetare pentru Tehnică şi Tehnologii Militare (Romania)
  • DotOcean N.V. (Belgium)
  • Sistrade Software Consulting SA (Portugal)
  • Belss Ltd (Latvia)
  • Space Applications Services NV (Belgium)
  • Terra Spatium SA (Greece)
  • Sociedad Anónima de Electrónica Submarina S.M.E (Spain)
  • Saab Kockums AB (Sweden)
  • Navantia (Spain)
  • Baltic Institute of Advanced Technology (Lithuania)
  • Atlas (Germany)
  • Royal IHC (The Netherlands)

MORE NEWS

Headquartered in Singapore with reporters spread across all major regions, GBP Aerospace & Defence is a leading media house that publishes three publications that serve the aerospace and defence sector - Asian Defence Technology, Asian Airlines & Aerospace and Daily News. Known industry-wide for quality journalism, GBP Aerospace & Defence is present at more international tradeshows and exhibitions than any other competing publication in the region.
For over three decades, our award-winning team of reporters has been producing top-notch content to help readers stay abreast of the latest developements in the field of commercial aviation, MRO, defence, and Space.

Popular Posts

Copyright 2023. GBP. All Rights Reserved.

Home Defence & Security Space Commercial Aviation Maintence Repair & Overhaul Daily News Events About Us

z-index: 9999; /* Ensure the ad is on top of other elements */