According to a news published on February 11, 2021 by Paramount Maritime Holdings, its subsidiary has announced the launch of its new flagship 35m Sentinel vessel, the second of the new enhanced class.
New Belgian frigates to have only 4 Mk41 missile launchers instead of 8 New Belgian frigates to have only 4 Mk41 missile launchers instead of 8 Thursday, 11 February 2021 09:41
The Netherlands and Belgium are jointly replacing the current M-class frigates. Both countries will each receive two ASW Fregates. The intention was that these ships would be identical, but there will now be a (provisional) difference, Jaime Karremann reports on marineschepen.nl: the Belgian ships will not be equipped with 16 launch cells for missiles, but with 8, the Belgian Defense Minister Ludivine Dedonder announced on February 10.
The Belgian and Dutch new ship class will be called Anti-Submarine Warfare Frigate (ASWF). (Drawing source: Dutch MoD)
Navantia and Naviris sign a MOU for the European Patrol Corvette program Navantia and Naviris sign a MOU for the European Patrol Corvette program Thursday, 11 February 2021 16:46
Naviris (the 50/50 joint venture company between Fincantieri and Naval Group in charge of development of cooperation programs) and Navantia have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) aimed at enlarging the industrial cooperation for the European Patrol Corvette (EPC) program, the most important naval initiative within the Permanent Structured Cooperation (PESCO) project.
(Picture source: Naviris)
The EPC will be a smart, innovative, affordable, sustainable, interoperable and flexible vessel to meet the future missions in the evolved world context of mid-21st century. EPC will be a fully ready surface combatant to carry-out diversified missions, primarily aimed at enhancing maritime situational awareness, surface superiority and power projection, particularly in the context of gover
Russia to develop naval version of TOR-M2 air defense missile system for Russian Navy Russia to develop naval version of TOR-M2 air defense missile system for Russian Navy Wednesday, 10 February 2021 21:04
According to information published by the Russian press agency TASS on February 10, 2020, the Russian defense industry to develop a naval version of its Tor-M2 air defense missile system for the Russian Navy.
The Tor-M2 has already been tested onboard a Russian navy ship. (Picture source Russia Defence Forum)
The Tor air defense missile system was created in late 1970s by the Moscow Electro-Mechanical Research Institute (NIEMI). It was accepted into service in the spring of 1986. Tor has to engage in air and missile defense at the battalion level. It can defend important administrative, economic, and military facilities, as well as first echelons of ground formations against antiradar and cruise missiles. The complex can control the airspace and automatically do
BAE Systems naval guns selected for Belgian and Dutch navies BAE Systems naval guns selected for Belgian and Dutch navies Wednesday, 10 February 2021 11:42
According to a press release on February 10, 2021, BAE Systems has been selected to supply 12 Bofors 40 Mk4 naval guns to the Belgian and Dutch navies as part of the Mine Counter Measures Vessels (MCMV) program.
BAE Systems Bofors 40 Mk4 40mm naval gun system (Picture source: BAE Systems)
The shipbuilding company Kership will install the guns on the fleet of 12 mine hunting vessels – six for Belgium, six for the Netherlands – with the first ship scheduled for delivery to the Belgian Navy in 2024.