US and German navies conducted exercise minelaying operations aboard Portuguese patrol vessel NRP Figueira da Foz during NATO exercise REPMUS 26.
The Düsseldorf-based technology group Rheinmetall participated in OPEX REPMUS 2025 (Operational Exercise Robotic Experimentation and Prototyping with Maritime Unmanned Systems) and DYMS (Dynamic Messenger), NATO’s
Schiebel Camcopter S-100 demonstated at REPMUS 2024 sonobuoy deployment and data relay for ASW as well as bathymetric and topographic mapping for MCM…
At the REPMUS 2024 exercise, Thales showcased its solutions in the field of unmanned systems for naval warfare during real-world conditions.
The Portuguese Navy has tested a concept for an uncrewed, fully autonomous, self-sustaining sea-base. Referred to as an ‘island’, the floating facility can be used to support maritime uncrewed system operations, conduct test and evaluation of uncrewed systems capability and connectivity, and demonstrate concepts for offshore data processing and remote environmental assessment.
The ‘REPMUS’ large-scale operational experimentation (OPEX) exercise will host again, in 2024, testing and development of NATO’s emerging ASW Barrier concept.
Schiebel’s Camcopter S-100 rotary wing unmanned aerial vehicle demonstrated capabilities in REPMUS (Robotic Experimentation and Prototyping using Maritime Uncrewed Systems) and Dynamic Messenger 2023 exercises hosted by Portugal.
NATO officials have raised the idea of containerised mission module packages, using uncrewed systems, for seabed warfare missions.
The UK Royal Navy has deployed the experimental vessel Patrick Blackett outside UK waters for the first time.
BAE Systems and Malloy Aeronautics have demonstrated the capabilities of the T-600 heavy lift uncrewed air system (UAS) to launch a torpedo
