[NavalNews] Interview with Vice Admiral Arie Jan de Waard, Director of the Dutch Defense Materiel Organization (DMO) on three major naval program for the Royal Netherlands Navy: Walrus class submarine replacement program, Anti-Submarine Warfare Frigate (ASWF) and rMCM.
The interview was recorded during NEDS 2022 on 17 November 2022. (NEDS stands for “NIDV Exhibition Defence & Security” – NIDV stands for “Netherlands Industries for Defence and Security”).
VADM de Waard discussed the following topics:
00:55 – The roles of DMO
01:39 – Status of the Walrus-class submarine replacement program
04:04 – What new capabilities for the future submarines
06:13 – When will the submarines be operational
07:03 – Status of the ASWF program
07:50 – rMCM program
10:59 – Impact of the war in Ukraine on Dutch programs
Dutch Naval Programs
Future Submarines
The Dutch “Walrus-class submarine replacement program” reached a new milestone in November 2022: The Ministry of Defense (MoD) of the Netherlands submitted the request for quotation (RFQ) for 4 new submarines from 3 candidate shipyards.
The candidate yards are Naval Group, Saab Kockums and ThyssenKrupp Marine Systems . They are expected to submit their bids around the summer of 2023. The winner will be announced before the end of 2023. Two future submarines are expected to be operational by 2035 in order to replace the last two in-service Walrus-class submarines of the Royal Netherlands Navy.
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