ASWF Program in Deep Trouble: Belgium Risks Multi-Year Frigate Gap (opex360.com)

• ASWF program: four frigates ordered from Damen/Thales Nederland for €4B
• Belgium to replace two ASM frigates
• Program in severe difficulty; multi-year frigate gap likely

"The ASWF (Anti-Submarine Warfare Frigate) program, signed in June 2023 by the Netherlands and Belgium with Damen and Thales Nederland for four frigates worth €4 billion, is facing major difficulties. Belgium intended to replace its two anti-submarine frigates. Now the country risks being without a frigate for several years. The exact nature of the problems was not disclosed in the article from Zone Militaire."