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Belgian-Dutch mine-hunter Vlissingen begins sea trials at Concarneau

Belgium Naval & Robotics (Naval Group and Exail), with Kership as industrial prime, began sea trials for Vlissingen, the Belgian-Dutch rMCM programme's second vessel and the first built for the Royal Netherlands Navy, from Concarneau on 27 March 2025.

Reported AI-drafted EDR Magazine, 28 March 2025

What it does not test. It does not establish that Vlissingen will be delivered on the stated end-2025 schedule, or how the trials themselves performed.

How this item counts. This item is dated before the index starts on 1 January 2026, so it does not count in the European Sovereignty Index.

How this item was made. Drafted by an AI system (Claude (Anthropic)) from the source cited above and published under the editor’s responsibility without a person reading it first. How the record is made

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