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(00:00) WIDE SHOT – FLAGS ON DISPLAY NEAR THE ENTRANCE OF PAN TROIA NAVAL BASE IN TRÓIA, PORTUGAL
(00:03) VARIOUS SHOTS – A SPANISH NAVY UNMANNED BOAT PERFORMING TEST DRIVES AT A NAVAL BASE IN TRÓIA, PORTUGAL
(00:10) WIDE SHOT – A UK UNMANNED VEHICLE CALLED THE OTTER ON THE BEACH IN TRÓIA, PORTUGAL
(00:13) VARIOUS SHOTS – A UK ROYAL NAVY BOMB DISPOSAL EXPERT PREPARING AND LAUNCHING THE OTTER UNMANNED SURFACE VEHICLE IN TRÓIA, PORTUGAL
(00:24) WIDE SHOT – THE OTTER UNMANNED SURFACE VEHICLE
AT SEA
(00:27) VARIOUS SHOTS – A UK ROYAL MARINES COMMANDO AND AN EXPERT FROM THE UK ROYAL NAVY CONTROLLING THE OTTER UNMANNED SURFACE VEHICLE
(00:38) VARIOUS SHOTS – THE OTTER UNMANNED SURFACE VEHICLE BEING RECOVERED
(00:51) VARIOUS SHOTS – OPERATIONS CENTRE AT PAN TROIA NAVAL BASE IN TRÓIA, PORTUGAL
(01:10) VARIOUS SHOTS – THE ROYAL NETHERLANDS NAVY PREPARING, LAUNCHING AND FLYING AN ACECORE ZOE UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLE
(01:35) WIDE SHOT – ROW OF ACECORE NEO UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLES ON GROUND
(01:37) VARIOUS SHOTS – THE ROYAL NETHERLANDS NAVY PREPARING, LAUNCHING AND RECOVERING ACECORE NEO UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLES
(02:26) VARIOUS SHOTS – THE UK ROYAL NAVY PREPARING THE UNMANNED SURFACE VESSEL MADFOX FOR OPERATIONS AT PAN TROIA NAVAL BASE IN TRÓIA, PORTUGAL
(03:01) VARIOUS SHOTS – THE UK ROYAL NAVY CONTROLLING UNMANNED SURFACE VESSEL MADFOX FROM THE OPERATIONS CENTRE AT THE NAVAL BASE IN TRÓIA
(03:11) VARIOUS SHOTS – SPANISH UNMANNED SURFACE VEHICLE VENDAVAL BEING LAUNCHED INTO THE WATER AND COMMENCING OPERATIONS AT PAN TROIA NAVAL BASE IN TRÓIA, PORTUGAL
(03:39) VARIOUS SHOTS – THE ITALIAN MINE COUNTERMEASURES FORCES COMMAND SQUAD CARRYING AND THEN OPENING A HARD CASE WITH REMUS UNMANNED UNDERWATER VEHICLE
(03:55) VARIOUS SHOTS – REMUS UNMANNED UNDERWATER VEHICLE
(04:02) MEDIUM SHOT – SONAR IMAGE FROM REMUS UNMANNED UNDERWATER VEHICLE
(04:05) VARIOUS SHOTS – AT THE REP(MUS) OPERATIONS CENTRE IN SESIMBRA, PORTUGAL
(04:14) WIDE SHOT – GERMAN NAVY MARINES RECOVER AN AUTONOMOUS UNDERWATER VEHICLE IN THE ATLANTIC OCEAN OFF SESIMBRA IN PORTUGAL
(04:20) DRONE SHOT – GERMAN NAVY RESEARCH VESSEL PLANET IN THE ATLANTIC OCEAN OFF SESIMBRA IN PORTUGAL
(04:24) WIDE SHOT – A GERMAN FLAG ON RESEARCH VESSEL PLANET
(04:27) WIDE SHOT – CAPTAIN OF THE GERMAN NAVY RESEARCH VESSEL PLANET CONTROLLING THE VESSEL
(04:33) CLOSE-UP SHOT – CAMERA OF THE SEACAT AUTONOMOUS UNDERWATER VEHICLE
(04:37) VARIOUS SHOTS – GERMAN NAVY RESEARCH VESSEL PLANET CREW LAUNCHING A SEACAT AUTONOMOUS UNDERWATER VEHICLE INTO THE ATLANTIC OCEAN OFF SESIMBRA IN PORTUGAL
(04:47) VARIOUS SHOTS – SEACAT AUTONOMOUS UNDERWATER VEHICLE IN THE ATLANTIC OCEAN OFF SESIMBRA IN PORTUGAL
(05:01) VARIOUS SHOTS – GERMAN NAVY RESEARCH VESSEL PLANET CREW RECOVER A SEACAT AUTONOMOUS UNDERWATER VEHICLE
(05:40) SOUNDBITE (ENGLISH) – SEAN TREVETHAN, DIRECTOR, NATOMARITIME UNMANNED SYSTEMS INNOVATION AND COORDINATION CELL
“We’re here in Tróia, Portugal conducting REP(MUS) 21, with REP(MUS) standing for ‘Robotic Experimentation Prototyping for Maritime Unmanned Systems’.”
(05:50) SOUNDBITE (ENGLISH) – SEAN TREVETHAN, DIRECTOR, NATO MARITIME UNMANNED SYSTEMS INNOVATION AND COORDINATION CELL
“The benefit of the unmanned technologies are actually multiple. So, they're looking to give us mass, resilience and persistence when on operations, as well as reducing the risk to life. And what I mean by that is we're not putting men and women in harm's way – we're putting these unmanned systems in harm's way to do the job for us.”
(06:09) SOUNDBITE (ENGLISH) – SEAN TREVETHAN, DIRECTOR, NATO MARITIME UNMANNED SYSTEMS INNOVATION AND COORDINATION CELL
“The beauty of REP(MUS) 21 is that it's multi-domain. It's perfectly set up here on the peninsula with an estuary on one side and on an ocean on the other. So we have systems in the air, on the surface and below the surface. So typically we have a variety of unmanned air systems with various payloads – IR (infrared), ESM (electronic support measures), for example. We have unmanned surface vessels that will be performing ISR (intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance) and linked into our air assets, but actually, for the first time ever, also linked into assets that are operating underwater, known as unmanned underwater vehicles. This multi-domain integration is certainly a first of its kind, and it's really pushing the boundaries in terms of NATO forces at that level.”
(06:51) SOUNDBITE (ENGLISH) – SEAN TREVETHAN, DIRECTOR, NATO MARITIME UNMANNED SYSTEMS INNOVATION AND COORDINATION CELL
“NATO is a collective. We're not going alone. So any nation obviously going into any form of conflict within NATO that is actually initiated by an Article 5-style event, we know we need to be interoperable on day zero going into the event. So it is operational experimentations such as REP(MUS) 21 that enable us to develop and get the kinks out and rectify any faults we have beforehand. So when it happens for real, we're good to go.”
(07:21) SOUNDBITE (ENGLISH) – ANDREA BELL-MILLER, US HEAD OF DELEGATION, NATO MARITIME UNMANNED SYSTEMS INITIATIVE.
“Really, what we're doing here, the true benefit, is taking all of these unmanned systems from multiple nations and seeing them work together. So, of course, unmanned is the way of the future, it's the way the world is going, and particularly from a naval sense, it's absolutely key. One, removing the actual the sailor or whomever from the situation and then taking them out of the danger. But if you're taking unmanned systems from a multitude of countries and working together with your Allies, you're able to synergise the effect. So really, that's the key here with unmanned systems. It’s not what they actually bring to the table, everything's going unmanned, but seeing how they can work together and maximise the effect.”
(08:03) SOUNDBITE (ENGLISH) – COMMANDER JOAO PIEDADE, HEAD OF INNOVATION DIVISION AT THE NAVAL HEADQUARTERS, PORTUGAL
“The exercise is hosted by the Portuguese Navy. But because we are in so many… because we have so many linkages with the other partners in NATO, there is a huge link. But Maritime Unmanned Systems Initiative for sure is a huge enabler of that linkage between NATO and the Portuguese Navy in this exercise. But the other organisers of the exercise are also huge enablers, like Porto University brought a lot of academia to the exercise in the past, and CMRE, a lot of other research centres, also to the exercise. So, I think what we have now with these four co-organisers is the perfect environment or the perfect setting to bring academia, industry and other partner nations and Allies to this exercise.”
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