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The Main Planning Conference (MPC) referred to the Baltic Demo of the OCEAN2020 project took place from 21 – 23 January 2020 at the premises of the SAAB AB in Malmo. The conference gathered more than 50 participants directly involved in the wide spectrum of preparations.

The first simulated trial of the OCEAN2020 project took place from 15 – 17 January 2020 at the premises of the Fraunhofer-Institut für Optronik, Systemtechnik und Bildauswertung (IOSB). The trial gathered more than 30 participants from 9 partners, coming from 5 distributed simulation labs and one C4I lab.

Tony Arecchi, OCEAN2020 Project Cooordinator, provided a presentation of  the OCEAN2020 project during the NATO Maritime Unmanned Systems (MUS) Symposium held in Brussels on the 4th and 5th December at NATO HQ in Brussels.

OCEAN2020 has successfully launched its first sea demonstration in the Gulf of Taranto, Italy. The demonstration run two scenarios: a threatening vessel interdiction and interception of a mine laying vessel before an amphibious operation.

During the Sea Demonstratiion, on the 21 November, the European Commission, the European Defence Agency (EDA) and the OCEAN2020 Consortium organized a Distinguished Visitors Day offering an opportunity for OCEAN2020 consortium members, project stakeholders and members of the press to discuss the impact of the project and follow the exercise taking place in Italy live via the EU MOC.