Exercise REP(MUS)

Portuguese NRP Setúbal during REP(MUS) 2021 exercise.

REP(MUS) (Robotic Experimentation and Prototyping using Maritime Uncrewed Systems) is an annual experimentation exercise for Unmanned Maritime Systems organized and hosted by the Portuguese Navy, NATO and Faculty of Engineering - University of Porto, co-organized by the European Defence Agency,[1] 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.[2][3] In recent years it has been the largest exercise for experimenting with unmanned vehicles in the world.[4]

  1. ^ "EDA joins the Portuguese Navy Exercise REPMUS as co-organiser". European Defence Agency.
  2. ^ "Maritime Unmanned Systems (MUS)" (PDF).
  3. ^ Dias, Paulo Sousa; Costa, Maria; Pinto, José; Lima, Keila; Venâncio, Luís; Aguiar, Miguel; Sousa, João Borges de (2020). Large Scale Unmanned Vehicles Oceanic Exercise REP(MUS)19 Field Report. 2020 IEEE/OES Autonomous Underwater Vehicles Symposium (AUV). St. Johns, NL, Canada. pp. 1–2. doi:10.1109/AUV50043.2020.9267898.
  4. ^ Tkuhn. "REPMUS 24: World's largest international maritime drone exercise kicks off in Portugal". armyrecognition.com. Retrieved 21 September 2024.