


Dutch navy vessel Groningen returns to the Netherlands for repairs
The patrol vessel HNLMS Groningen has to break off the deployment in the Caribbean due to a technical defect to its starboard axis. The Dutch navy ship started its return voyage to the Netherlands on...Read more
Dutch navy to apply data science to get to predictive maintenance
Data science can improve the condition monitoring of systems, better predict failure behaviour, and ultimately plan better maintenance. To make use of this technology, the Dutch navy will cooperate with RH Marine and Damen Schelde...Read more
Dutch Navy to place 11-metre hydrofoil on HNLMS Zeeland
The Dutch Defence Materiel Organisation has ordered a Hull Vane for the 108-metre Oceangoing Patrol Vessel HNLMS Zeeland. It is the first time the hydrofoil-like device is placed on a naval ship and the first...Read more
Hydrogen powered drone rises vertically from sailing ship
Together with the Netherlands Coast Guard and the Royal Netherlands Navy, researchers from Delft University of Technology have developed a drone that flies on hydrogen, can stay in the air for hours and can take...Read more
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
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