{"id":3556,"date":"2023-03-29T18:27:00","date_gmt":"2023-03-29T16:27:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.kership.com\/launching-of-the-first-mine-countermeasures-vessel-in-the-rmcm-programme\/"},"modified":"2024-09-30T11:56:56","modified_gmt":"2024-09-30T09:56:56","slug":"launching-of-the-first-mine-countermeasures-vessel-in-the-rmcm-programme","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kership.com\/en\/launching-of-the-first-mine-countermeasures-vessel-in-the-rmcm-programme\/","title":{"rendered":"Launching of the first mine countermeasures vessel in the rMCM programme"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"3556\" class=\"elementor elementor-3556 elementor-536\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-39dce11 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"39dce11\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7e46359 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7e46359\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>On 29 March 2023, the first of the twelve mine countermeasures vessels in the Belgian-Dutch rMCM programme, the <em>M940 Oostende<\/em> for the Belgian Navy, was launched in Concarneau. The ceremony was attended by Ludivine Dedonder, Belgian Minister of Defence, Kaisa Ollongren, Dutch Minister of Defence and Patricia Mirall\u00e8s, Secretary of State for Veterans and Remembrance. The third ship in the programme, the <em>M941 Tournai,<\/em> was launched on the same day.   <\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: var( --e-global-color-text ); font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif; font-weight: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-weight ); text-align: var(--text-align); font-size: 1rem;\">For the record, this programme was awarded in 2019 to Belgium Naval Robotics, the consortium formed by Naval Group and Exail, and provides for the supply to the Belgian Navy and the Royal Netherlands Navy of twelve mine countermeasures vessels and around a hundred drones integrated into a toolbox, which will equip the vessels. Kership is the industrial <\/span><span style=\"font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: var( --e-global-color-text ); font-weight: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-weight ); text-align: var(--text-align);\">prime <\/span><span style=\"color: var( --e-global-color-text ); font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif; font-size: 1rem; font-weight: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-weight ); text-align: var(--text-align);\">contractor<\/span> <\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-09b7181 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"09b7181\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4f37557 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4f37557\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Photo credit Naval Group<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3c98da6 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"3c98da6\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ddcff67 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"ddcff67\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.naval-group.com\/fr\/naval-group-met-leau-le-premier-navire-de-lutte-contre-les-mines-du-programme-rmcm-belgo\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.naval-group.com\/fr\/naval-group-met-leau-le-premier-navire-de-lutte-contre-les-mines-du-programme-rmcm-belgo\">Belgium Naval Robotics press release<\/a><\/a><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On 29 March 2023, the first of the twelve mine countermeasures vessels in the Belgian-Dutch rMCM programme, the M940 Oostende for the Belgian Navy, was launched in Concarneau. 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