Topic: Royal Netherlands Navy

Billions needed to make Dutch Defence technologically advanced

Defence must be a ‘smart, technologically advanced organisation’ by 2035 and focus on what it excels in, such as its submarines. This comes at a price: to implement all the plans, up to an additional...Read more

15-10-2020|Comment|author: Mariska Buitendijk

Dutch Navy considers green methanol as fuel for its support vessels

Within the Green Maritime Methanol project the Royal Netherlands Navy (RNLN) has extensively studied the use of green methanol as a ship fuel for its support vessels. According to the navy, it has the potential...Read more

15-10-2020|Comment|author: Mariska Buitendijk

Dutch Court of Auditors: Submarines require hundreds of millions more

The Dutch Ministry of Defence is earmarking hundreds of millions of euros too little for the purchase and operation of the four new submarines. According to research by the Court of Auditors, the budget needs...Read more

13-10-2020|Comment|author: Mariska Buitendijk