WEBINAR - Dec.16, 2020 - Naval Drones Systems for Stand-Off Mine Countermeasures: How to conduct safer and faster mine clearance missions from ship or from the shore?

ECA GROUP offers interoperable systems capable of tackling the most demanding Mine Counter Measures. The first to materialise the stand-off concept, meaning that it places both the crews and the equipment away from the danger zone, ECA GROUP has developed a comprehensive system composed of a range of drones that fulfil all phases of mine clearance missions at sea : detection, classification, identification and neutralisation.

While 80% of the world’s trade is made by sea, about 80% of World War I & World War II’s naval mines have yet to be neutralised or removed. While naval mines are very easy and cheap to make, their potential impact on a nation’s vulnerability and economy is considerable, especially if placed at ports – it could paralyse a nation and even an entire zone for some time

Naval mines are an increasingly tangible threat that will remain dangerous for several decades, putting at risk men, equipment and infrastructures.

As one of key players for mine detection and neutralisation in the Defence sector for over 50 years, ECA GROUP will be providing the Belgian and Royal Netherlands Navies with the first to be materialised stand-off concept by using a Toolbox – a system composed of a variety of drones to be deployed in order to fulfil autonomous mine clearance missions at sea.