Dynamic Manta 2020

Sonar Equipped Drone Fleets Could be Key to Future Submarine Warfare

A NATO Centre for Maritime Research and Experimentation (CMRE) Ocean Explorer autonomous unmanned vehicle operates in the foreground with NATO Research Vessel NRV Alliance in the background. NATO CMRE photo.

CATANIA, Sicily – The future of anti-submarine warfare for countries who can’t afford to invest in top-of-the-line submarines and maritime patrol aircraft could be a netted fleet of unmanned platforms that can create “passive acoustic barriers” at chokepoints or drag towed arrays through a...

https://news.usni.org/2020/03/09/sonar-equipped-drone-fleets-could-be-key-to-future-submarine-warfare

NATO Evaluation Tool Points Out Training Mistakes in Almost Real-Time

Naval Aircrewman (Operator) 3rd Class Ethan Mehring, assigned to the “Skinny Dragons” of Patrol Squadron (VP) 4, conducts flight operations aboard a squadron P-8A Poseidon aircraft during an during an anti-submarine warfare mission over the Mediterranean Sea, Feb. 19, 2020. VP-4 is currently forward deployed to the U.S. 6th Fleet area of operations and is assigned to Commander, Task Force 67, responsible for tactical control of deployed maritime patrol and reconnaissance squadrons throughout...

https://news.usni.org/2020/03/05/nato-evaluation-tool-points-out-training-mistakes-in-almost-real-time

NATO’s Mediterranean Maritime Group Mission More Than Tracking Russian Subs

Italian frigate ITS Carabiniere (F 593), flagship of Standing NATO Maritime Group Two (SNMG2), prepares to push into the Mediterranean Sea during Exercise Dynamic Manta 2020. NATO Photo

ABOARD ITS CARABINIERE, IN THE IONIAN SEA – The Mediterranean Sea has a host of security challenges: Russian submarine activity in the Eastern Med, instability in Syria and Libya, as well as the flow of migrants and illicit traffic throughout the region.

The Standing NATO Maritime Group 2 is tasked with addressing...

https://news.usni.org/2020/03/03/natos-mediterranean-maritime-group-mission-more-than-tracking-russian-subs

Dynamic Manta Exercise Trains NATO in Anti-Submarine Warfare As More Attack Boats Prowl the Mediterranean

Italian submarine ITS Salvatore Todaro (S 526) and Canadian frigate HMCS Fredericton (FFH 337) sail in the Ionian Sea during an anti-submarine warfare demonstration for media on Feb. 24, 2020, during the kickoff of NATO’s Dynamic Manta exercise. USNI News photo.

ABOARD ITS CARABINIERE, IN THE IONIAN SEA – All across the Mediterranean Sea, more non-NATO countries are fielding submarines while NATO allies are increasing the size of their own undersea fleets. Those submarines are also becoming...

https://news.usni.org/2020/03/02/dynamic-manta-exercise-trains-nato-in-anti-submarine-warfare-as-more-attack-boats-prowl-the-mediterranean

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