REP(MUS) (Robotic Experimentation and Prototyping using Maritime Uncrewed Systems) is an annual military exercise organized and hosted by the Portuguese Navy and NATO with the participation of forces from foreign military forces, universities and tech companies. The exercise has the objective of testing different types of unmanned aerial vehicles, unmanned surface vehicles, unmanned undersea vehicles, and unmanned ground vehicles. Today it is the largest UAV testing exercise, with the participation of several NATO countries.[1][2]

Portuguese NRP Setúbal during REP(MUS) 2021 exercise.

Objectives edit

REP(MUS) allows nations to pool their resources, talent and ingenuity to create better, more flexible and more interoperable maritime unmanned vehicles and systems;[3]

  • Demonstration of the web-based tool Ripples' enhanced capabilities for marine situational awareness and multi-domain unmanned vehicle missions;
  • Participation in cooperative mine-warfare missions to be performed by Autonomous Underwater Vehicles from several nations;
  • Characterization of acoustic and magnetic signatures of the LAUVs in the open ocean;
  • Demonstration of a submarine's response to an emergency distress call;
  • Underwater acoustic networking communications with fixed and mobile nodes;
  • Radio communication exchanges between the LUME small satellite and Unmanned Air Systems;
  • Demonstration of UAV capabilities in amphibious landing;
  • Demonstration of multi-robot area coverage under varying currents.

REP(MUS)19 edit

 
Portugal's Navy Chief of Staff Adm. Mendes Calado and Portuguese Navy Fleet Commander Vice Admiral Henrique Gouveia e Melo during REP(MUS)19

Military participants edit

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Civil participants edit

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REP(MUS)20 edit

The REP(MUS)20 exercise was canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic, and was replaced by two webinars.[15]

REP(MUS)21 edit

In this edition took part 11 ships, 21 Unmanned aerial vehicles, 32 Unmanned underwater vehicles and 12 Unmanned surface vehicles.[16]

Military participants edit

Source:[17]

Civilian participants edit

REP(MUS)22 edit

In the 2022 edition, there were 45 unmanned aerial vehicles, 40 unmanned underwater vehicles, 18 unmanned surface vehicles, and 17 military vessels present. It was attended by more than 2000 people from 25 countries, many of them from NATO, as well as companies and universities.[32][33][34][35][36][37]

Military participants edit

Civilian participants edit

REP(MUS)23 edit

The exercise took place in September 2023 and was attended by more than 25 Navies, 8 NATO entities and more than 30 companies and universities dedicated to research and development in this area.[45][46][47]

Military participants edit

  Italy: Italian Navy (MARICENPROG [it])[49]

Civilian participants edit

See also edit

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