The M943 Liège, the fourth Belgian mine countermeasures vessel within the Belgian-Dutch replacement Mine Counter Measures (rMCM) program, was successfully launched on May 5. This launch marks the end of the ship’s structural construction phase and the transition to the next industrial phase: outfitting, system integration, and testing. Simultaneously with this launch, the first steel cut of the…

On April 2, 2026, French shipbuilder SOCARENAM launched the Castor-class coastal patrol vessel BNS Vega (P-903) for the Belgian Navy. This is the third ship-in-class after Castor and Pollux, launched about a decade earlier. After launch, the vessel was floated out of the dry dock to commence the dockside fitting-out phase. During this stage, construction ...

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The Belgian-Dutch rMCM programme has reached a new milestone with the delivery in Zeebrugge of its first mine countermeasures (MCM) toolbox. Belgium Naval & Robotics press release This delivery of the toolbox, by Belgium Naval & Robotics, the consortium formed by Naval Group and Exail—with Exail responsible for its design and production—launches the system integration ...

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