Six northern European countries (Denmark, Germany, Finland, the Netherlands, Norway and Sweden) are intensifying their cooperation in the field of maritime infrastructure. One part of this is the Seabed Security Experimentation Centre (SeaSEC), which has just been inaugurated in The Hague.
The establishment of SeaSEC is part of the Northern Naval Capability Cooperation (NNCC), which was officially ratified in Washington in early December 2023. The NNCC was established to strengthen the northern maritime industry and develop the best available systems and equipment.
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Public, private and military partners are now jointly examining how important underwater infrastructure such as data cables, pipelines and platforms for fossil fuels and renewable energies in the North Sea and Baltic Sea and down to a depth of 30 metres can be better protected in future.
Development work
The aim of SeaSEC is to develop new technologies. To this end, researchers have access to a huge amount of data from military and civilian databases from the 6 participating countries, whereby confidentiality is guaranteed. For example, if information is classified or commercially categorised as confidential by the parties involved. The data will also be used to create a virtual image of the seabed, visualising all threats to the underwater infrastructure.
Practice area
View of the SeaSEC training centre with 10x10 nm test area. Photo: MoD/NDL
SeaSEC has a large test area in the sea measuring 10 by 10 nautical miles (18 by 18 kilometres). Unmanned surveillance vehicles can be tested here, for example. The intention is to open SeaSEC sites in Sweden and Germany as well. Researchers will then be able to test new technologies under different conditions, e.g. under the sea ice.
Source: Naval News
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