Thales confirms interoperability of its mine counter measure solutions with NATO navies

During the NATO Dynamic Messenger 2022 exercise, held last September in Portugal, Thales confirmed the interoperability of its MiMap and M-Cube command and control (C2) mine countermeasure system with other industry components and NATO standards. Dynamic Messenger is the first full NATO operational experimentation exercise that specifically focuses on integrating unmanned systems into the maritime domain, and more specifically NATO Task Groups at sea, with more than 18 ships, 48 unmanned assets and 1500 personnel from 16 NATO nations participating. The aim is twofold: to think about the naval combat of the future, and to test operationally the equipment, vehicles and systems that shape it today. Under the command of Allied Maritime Command (MARCOM) and Allied Command Transformation (ACT), the mine warfare scenario consisted in the deployment of AUVs (Autonomous Unmanned Vehicles) on an 8 sq km area mined with about 30 exercise mines for the occasion. Alongside French Navy’s explosive ordnance disposal (EOD) divers, RTSys diver held sonar (Sonadive), the MiMap and M-Cube C2 system demonstrated their perfect compatibility with NATO standards (Additive Military Layer). M-Cube, the Mine Counter Measure mission management system combined with MiMap, the mission analysis tool, allowed the data collected and processed to be integrated into the NATO network C3MRE*/CATL**, which interfaced industrial solutions such as Sonadive & BIONDo AUV from CMRE*** with NATO navies. This exercise was also the opportunity to demonstrate the ability of Thales systems to read foreign sonar data coming from various AUVs. The Group successful demonstration of the interoperability of its solutions during this exercise is a great new step towards collaborative combat. MiMap and MCube are part of the first world-class maritime system of system of drones tested at sea being delivered as prototype & demonstrator to the Royal Navy and to the French Navy while waiting a FOC delivery. Demonstrated for Mine Counter measure domain, these Thales solutions could be used for further applications still to be developed and demonstrated, such as Anti-Submarine Warfare or Seabed warfare. For Editorial Inquiries Contact: Editor Kym Bergmann at [email protected] For Advertising Inquiries Contact: Director of Sales Graham Joss at [email protected]