Minister for Defence Procurement Harriett Baldwin MP and her French counterpart, Laurent Collet-Billon, have launched the next phase of a £117 million joint Maritime Mine Counter Measures (MMCM) programme in Paris. The MMCM programme will develop cutting-edge maritime mine warfare capability; a capability which will keep the UK and France at ...
The UK Government has pledged £20M for landmine clearance within the Falkland Islands, an announcement welcomed by the Falklands Government. The project will see thousands of landmines cleared in a new £20M phase of demining work, thus making safe dozens of areas of the islands which have been unusable for residents ...
Northrop Grumman will be participating in the Royal Navy’s upcoming Unmanned Warrior exercise where it will demonstrate its unmanned mine-hunting capability. The unmanned mine hunting element of Unmanned Warrior will feature Northrop Grumman’s AQS-24B towed mine-hunting sensor operated from an Atlas Elektronik UK ARCIMS Unmanned Surface Vessel (USV). The AQS-24B, which ...