The first sea demonstration took place on the 20 and 21 November 2019 in the Gulf of Taranto and focused on two scenarios:
- Threatening Vessel Interdiction (Read more)
- Interception of a Mine Laying Vessel before an Amphibious Operation (Read more)
Mediterranean Sea Demonstration Trial Scenario 1 |
Mediterranean Sea Demonstration Trial Scenario 2 |
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These scenarios enabled the demonstration of:
- launch and recovery of UxS from vessels including automatic take-off and recovery of Remotely Piloted Aircraft Systems (RPAS) integration of EO, Radar and AIS payload to collect and provide multi-source data and video streaming
- use of satellite data for augmenting the situation awareness
- manned-unmanned teaming
- integration between Unmanned Systems and naval CMS (Combat Management System)
- link chain of information flowing to national MOCs and EU-MOC Prototype