Exercise REP(MUS)

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.

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


 * 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.

Military participants
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 * 🇵🇹: NRP Tridente, NRP Álvares Cabral, NRP Figueira da Foz, NRP Almirante Gago Coutinho, NRP Dom Carlos I, NRP Andrómeda, NRP Pégaso, Portuguese Marine Corps, Special Actions Detachment and Sappers Divers Group.
 * 🇺🇸: Naval Sea Systems Command and USS Porter.
 * 🇵🇹: NRP Tridente, NRP Álvares Cabral, NRP Figueira da Foz, NRP Almirante Gago Coutinho, NRP Dom Carlos I, NRP Andrómeda, NRP Pégaso, Portuguese Marine Corps, Special Actions Detachment and Sappers Divers Group.
 * 🇺🇸: Naval Sea Systems Command and USS Porter.
 * 🇺🇸: Naval Sea Systems Command and USS Porter.
 * 🇺🇸: Naval Sea Systems Command and USS Porter.
 * 🇺🇸: Naval Sea Systems Command and USS Porter.

Civil participants
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 * AeroVironment;
 * IAI Elta Systems;
 * FEUP;
 * CMRE;
 * University of Hawaiʻi (Applied Research Laboratory);
 * EvoLogics
 * INESC TEC
 * LSTS - Laboratório de Sistemas e Tecnologia Subaquática;
 * DSTL;
 * Universida Vigo.
 * OceanScan

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

REP(MUS)21
In this edition took part 11 ships, 21 Unmanned aerial vehicles, 32 Unmanned underwater vehicles and 12 Unmanned surface vehicles.

Military participants
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 * 🇩🇪: FGS Planet;
 * 🇮🇹: NRV Alliance (A 5345);
 * : Geosia;
 * 🇵🇹: NRP Tridente, NRP Álvares Cabral, NRP Sines, NRP Setúbal, NRP Hidra, NRP Cassiopeia, NRP Dom Carlos I, Portuguese Marine Corps and Sappers Divers Group;
 * 🇺🇸: USNS Carson City.
 * 🇩🇪: FGS Planet;
 * 🇮🇹: NRV Alliance (A 5345);
 * : Geosia;
 * 🇵🇹: NRP Tridente, NRP Álvares Cabral, NRP Sines, NRP Setúbal, NRP Hidra, NRP Cassiopeia, NRP Dom Carlos I, Portuguese Marine Corps and Sappers Divers Group;
 * 🇺🇸: USNS Carson City.
 * 🇵🇹: NRP Tridente, NRP Álvares Cabral, NRP Sines, NRP Setúbal, NRP Hidra, NRP Cassiopeia, NRP Dom Carlos I, Portuguese Marine Corps and Sappers Divers Group;
 * 🇺🇸: USNS Carson City.
 * 🇺🇸: USNS Carson City.
 * 🇺🇸: USNS Carson City.
 * 🇺🇸: USNS Carson City.
 * 🇺🇸: USNS Carson City.
 * 🇺🇸: USNS Carson City.

Civilian participants

 * Leonardo S.p.A.
 * FEUP
 * CMRE
 * DSTL
 * S&T
 * TNO
 * Bundeswehr Technical and Airworthiness Center for Aircraft
 * Bundeswehr Technical Center for Ships and Naval Weapons, Maritime Technology and Research
 * Navantia
 * AeroVironment
 * Atlas Elektronik
 * Beyond Vision
 * CEiia
 * Edisoft
 * EID, S.A.
 * Fibrenamics
 * FKIE
 * GMV
 * GRALL Tech
 * INESC TEC
 * SEADRONE
 * OceanScan
 * Qinetiq
 * SDT
 * SIEL
 * Tecnav
 * Tekever
 * Think Light
 * UTEK
 * Marine Instruments
 * Teledyne Technologies
 * UAVision
 * WavEC

REP(MUS)22
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.

Military participants

 * 🇧🇷: Participated as observer;
 * 🇫🇷: Commandant Ducuing;
 * 🇩🇪: FGS Planet;
 * 🇮🇹: NRV Alliance;
 * : HNLMS Rotterdam, HNLMS Tromp and Geosia;
 * 🇵🇹: NRP Bartolomeu Dias, NRP Arpão, NRP Viana do Castelo, NRP Sines, NRP Hidra, NRP Sagitário, NRP Dom Carlos I, NRP Almirante Gago Coutinho, UAM Macaréu, Portuguese Marine Corps, CEOM;
 * : Alexandru CĂTUNEANU;
 * 🇪🇸: Audaz (P-45);
 * : HMS Lancaster and HMS Hurworth;
 * 🇺🇸: US Navy.
 * 🇵🇹: NRP Bartolomeu Dias, NRP Arpão, NRP Viana do Castelo, NRP Sines, NRP Hidra, NRP Sagitário, NRP Dom Carlos I, NRP Almirante Gago Coutinho, UAM Macaréu, Portuguese Marine Corps, CEOM;
 * : Alexandru CĂTUNEANU;
 * 🇪🇸: Audaz (P-45);
 * : HMS Lancaster and HMS Hurworth;
 * 🇺🇸: US Navy.
 * : HMS Lancaster and HMS Hurworth;
 * 🇺🇸: US Navy.

Civilian participants

 * Leonardo S.p.A.
 * AeroVironment;
 * Alpha Unmanned Systems;
 * Aselsan;
 * Beyond Vision;
 * Bundeswehr Technical Center for Ships and Naval Weapons, Maritime Technology and Research
 * CMRE;
 * Faculdade de Engenharia da Universidade do Porto (FEUP);
 * INERC BV
 * INESC TEC;
 * Instituto Superior Técnico (AeroTéc) (Núcleo de Estudantes de Engenharia Aeroespacial do Técnico)
 * Laboratório de Sistemas e Tecnologia Subaquática;
 * Maritime Robotics
 * IQUA Robotics
 * Navantia;
 * OceanScan
 * Schiebel;
 * Sefine Shipyard
 * Swarming Technologies and Solutions;
 * Tekever;
 * Unmanned Survey Solutions;
 * UAVision;
 * WSense srl.

REP(MUS)23
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.

Military participants
🇮🇹: Italian Navy (MARICENPROG)
 * : Royal Danish Navy
 * 🇫🇷:French Navy (FS PLUTON M62)
 * 🇮🇹: Italian Navy (Carabiniere F 593, Stromboli A 5327, Gaeta M 5554)
 * 🇫🇷:French Navy (FS PLUTON M62)
 * 🇮🇹: Italian Navy (Carabiniere F 593, Stromboli A 5327, Gaeta M 5554)
 * 🇮🇹: Italian Navy (Carabiniere F 593, Stromboli A 5327, Gaeta M 5554)
 * 🇮🇹: Italian Navy (Carabiniere F 593, Stromboli A 5327, Gaeta M 5554)
 * 🇵🇹: Portuguese Navy (NRP Dom Francisco de Almeida (F334), NRP Setúbal, NRP Sines, NRP Dom Carlos I, NRP Andrómeda, NRP Hidra, NRP Orion)
 * 🇪🇸: Spanish Navy (Furor P-46, Tambre M-33)
 * : Royal Navy (XV Patrick Blackett)
 * 🇺🇸: United States Navy.
 * 🇵🇹: Portuguese Navy (NRP Dom Francisco de Almeida (F334), NRP Setúbal, NRP Sines, NRP Dom Carlos I, NRP Andrómeda, NRP Hidra, NRP Orion)
 * 🇪🇸: Spanish Navy (Furor P-46, Tambre M-33)
 * : Royal Navy (XV Patrick Blackett)
 * 🇺🇸: United States Navy.
 * 🇺🇸: United States Navy.

Civilian participants

 * Leonardo S.p.A.
 * ALSEAMAR;
 * Atlas Elektronik;
 * Beyond Vision;
 * Bundeswehr Technical Center for Ships and Naval Weapons, Maritime Technology and Research
 * Centre for Maritime Research and Experimentation (NATO CMRE);
 * Connect Robotics;
 * EvoLogics GmbH;
 * Faculdade de Engenharia da Universidade do Porto (FEUP);
 * Fincantieri: with one SAND USV;
 * INERC BV
 * INESC TEC;
 * iXblue: With one Drix USV;
 * Malloy Aeronautics
 * Maritime Robotics: With Otter USV;
 * IQUA Robotics
 * MARTAC: With Devil Ray T24 USV;
 * NATO Maritime Unmanned Systems Initiative (NATO MUSI);
 * OceanScan
 * Schiebel: With two Schiebel Camcopter S-100;
 * Saab AB with two AUV62-AT
 * SEABER;
 * SeeByte;
 * Shield AI;
 * Sonardyne International Ltd
 * Sefine Shipyard, Altinova,Yalova, Türkiye;
 * Swarming Technologies and Solutions;
 * Tekever;
 * Teledyne Technologies;
 * Thales Edisoft Portugal;
 * UAVision;
 * Utek;
 * Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution: With REMUS autonomous underwater vehicles;
 * blueOASIS: With HydroTWIN;
 * WSense srl.