French company ECA Group has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Australia’s Total Marine Technology (TMT) to jointly bid for a Royal Australian Navy (RAN) programme. The two companies will partner to combine their expertise in unmanned technologies and place a joint offer to RAN, which seeks to bolster its maritime mine countermeasures and military survey capability using unmanned systems.
In April 2019, the SEA 1905 Maritime Mine Countermeasures (MCM) programme was announced to replace RAN’s four Huon-class Minehunter Coastal (MHC) ships.
The new vessels will utilise modular unmanned autonomous systems for detecting mines and military surveys.
The request for tender for SEA 1905 Phase 1 – Tranche 1 is expected to be launched in the fourth quarter of this year...MORE
