By using innovative technologies, the German Navy was able to digitalise its mine countermeasure chain during the RepMus 2025 manoeuvre. Autonomous systems played a key role in this.

In Sesimbra, Portugal, a US team from San Diego deploys an autonomous Remus drone (Remote Environmental Monitoring Unit System) from an inflatable boat into the turquoise waters. The autonomous underwater vehicle dives down and systematically works its way forward in tracks, scanning the seabed with its sonar and collecting very large amounts of data in the process. At the end of its mission, the drone surfaces and is reaccepted. The recorded measurement data is then read out by the team on the pier, saved on data carriers and handed over to the Commander Task Unit Sesimbra. There the