On July 24, 2024 TKMS' legal objections to the Netherland's Ministry of Defense's March 2024 selection of Naval Group to build the Orka-class replacements of the Walrus-class submarines were dismissed by the District Court of the Hague.
A final blow to German hopes occurred on
September 10, 2024 when Naval Group and Dirk Beljaarts, Minister of Economic
Affairs of The Netherlands, signed an industrial cooperation agreement related to the contract for the Orka Program. Orka is more formally known as
the Replacement Netherlands Submarine Capability (RNSC) program.