Tight schedule for the Sea Falcon

Unmanned systems will become increasingly important in the German Navy in the future. The MovMUAS project is currently taking centre stage for the corvettes.

Fabian Henning

The idea of unmanned aviation is as old as aviation itself. The military has always been the driving force behind the development of such unmanned systems due to the wide range of possible applications. With the rapidly advancing technologies of our dawning information age, new outstanding opportunities for unmanned aerial vehicles are opening up, revitalising applications in the military sector.

In the German Navy, this development is taking place against the backdrop of a fundamental, future-orientated change in naval aviation. We are currently experiencing the transition to a modern fleet of aircraft, which means that the tasks of flying and technical personnel need to be rethought and redefined. However, advancing digitalisation and automation is not just happening in the cockpit. Remotely piloted and therefore unmanned aircraft represent the next stage of development and will play an increasingly important role in the fulfilment of naval aviation missions in the future.