△MMCM system at sea(Photo by Thales)

[Heraldjournal] France and the United Kingdom marked the tenth anniversary of the Lancaster House treaties by signing a joint contract for Thales to launch the production of the MMCM (Maritime Mine Counter Measures) program, under Phase 2. Phase 1 initiated in 2015 was to demonstrate and qualify the technology.

With this contract, French and British Navies equip themselves with the world’s first fully integrated unmanned mine countermeasures system of systems.

The system has been tested and demonstrated under real operational scenarios at sea in France and the United Kingdom. Thales, together with its main partners (ECA Group, L3Harris and Saab), is now awarded to deliver these systems starting from 2022 to the Navies.