Large Exercise Brings Together Tech-Giants

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The US Navy conducts a comprehensive exercise. Fleet operators from Submarine Development Squadron Five and the Explosive Disposal Mobile Unit, participated in a multi-site exercise, which was performed at the Naval Undersea Warfare Center Division and the Naval Surface Warfare Center. As reported by naval-technology.com, the event involved a series of live exercises that primarily focused on intelligence, surveillance, and mine warfare. Over 700 personnel participated in the event, which also featured 11 unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), nine unmanned surface vehicles (USVs), 28 unmanned underwater vehicles (UUVs) and two unmanned ground vehicles (UGVs).

In addition, many large tech companies showed some of their newest developments. Among them were Aviation System Engineering which used a fixed-wing aircraft to deploy an A-sized sonotube with a Lockblade Quadcopter, which is capable of automatically conducting aerial magnetic anomaly detection surveys.

Another display was made by DeTect Intelligent Sensors successfully provided persistent situational awareness of surface vessels and unmanned aerial system.

General Dynamics Mission Systems demonstrated its battlespace preparation systems, as well as the simulated submarine launch of UUVs and UAVs. Northrop Grumman demonstrated six UUVs, two USVs and one UAV surrogate as part of the exercise, which provided access, surveillance and attacks against seabed infrastructure.