OFFICIAL DATA:
12-22 Sept 2022 - NATO exercises with new maritime unmanned systems
REPMUS 22 is led by Portugal and supports the NATO Maritime Unmanned Systems Initiative (MUSI). REPMUS 22 takes place from 12 – 22 September 2022. The exercise has been held in the Portugal’s Troia Bay since 2004.
Exercise DYNAMIC MESSENGER 22 will take place from 23 – 30 September 2022
with an emphasis on integrating maritime unmanned systems into maritime operations. It will be the first-ever exercise with a focus on unmanned underwater systems held under NATO command and on integrating unmanned systems into NATO naval task groups.
The exercise will test Alliance readiness to use unmanned systems to counter security challenges ranging from conventional submarine threats, to sea mines and asymmetric threats. Both NATO’s Standing Naval Maritime Group 1 (SNMG1) and Standing NATO Maritime Counter Measures Group 1 (SNMCMG1) will be part of DYNAMIC MESSENGER 22.
Yet the operational ctrl of NATO NAVY is Northwood - wiki:
Northwood Headquarters - Commander Operations for the Royal Navy
The NATO Allied Maritime Command is based at Northwood
Allied Command Transformation (ACT) is playing a pivotal role guiding experimentation and harnessing the unique opportunities presented by the structure of the exercise. The work conducted by ACT to date is advancing lessons learned, helping to introduce Minimum Viable Products for Maritime Situational Awareness and providing expertise for analysis and assessment of experiments.
DYNAMIC MESSENGER 22 will be conducted under joint leadership of NATO’s Allied Command Transformation in the United States and NATO’s Allied Maritime Command MARCOM in Northwood, UK.
[MRT: During the most critical time the focus of NATO MARCOM was on this exercise]
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