Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Stock photo: Ministry of Defence of the Netherlands The Netherlands has announced its intention to transfer two mine ...

The Royal Netherlands Navy’s first mine countermeasures (MCM) vessel, Vlissingen, has embarked on its maiden sea trials from Concarneau, France. These trials are aimed at assessing and verifying the ...

WASHINGTON — The U.S. Navy declared initial operational capability on its entire mine countermeasures mission package, which will operate off littoral combat ships and other potential motherships. The ...

The HMS Argyll, HMS Shoreham and the mine countermeasures ship USS Dextrous (MCM 13) participate in the bilateral Mine Countermeasures Exercise 2020 (MCMEX 20) with the mine countermeasures ship USS ...

The U.S. Navy has awarded Bollinger Shipyards a contract to build four additional Mine Countermeasures Unmanned Surface Vessels (MCM USV). This brings the total number of vessels under contract up to ...

Summary: The U.S. Navy is poised to repurpose its Littoral Combat Ships (LCS) as modern mine countermeasures vessels, a move that could redefine their role within the fleet. The introduction of the ...