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NATO Centres of Excellence – Maritime Geospatial, Meteorological, and Oceanographic Centre of Excellence [1]

['Brian Sostak']

Date: 2023-07-28 15:40:51+00:00

The Maritime Geospatial, Meteorological, and Oceanographic Centre of Excellence is enhancing the Alliance’s geospatial, meteorological, and oceanographic information capabilities and exploring ways to optimise the use equipment and personnel in the maritime environment.

The Maritime Geospatial, Meteorological, and Oceanographic Centre of Excellence is located in Lisbon, Portugal, and became NATO’s 28th Centre of Excellence in with its accreditation in 2021. Currently, the Centre is sponsored by Portugal, Romania, Spain, and Türkiye, with Portugal acting as the framework nation. The Centre aims to support the Alliance’s transformation efforts in the field of Maritime Geospatial, Meteorological, and Oceanographic science with the goal of increasing environmental awareness and improving the operational effectiveness of the NATO, Allies, and Partners. In doing so, it aims to become an internationally recognized hub of expertise and expand NATO’s capabilities in this area.

The Centre is undertaking an ambitious Programme of Work in 2023, supporting the four transformational pillars of Education and Training, Analysis and Lessons Learned, Concept Development and Experimentation, and Doctrine Development and Standards. In line with these pillars, the Centre is growing its existing network of industry and academic experts, with these efforts being supported through the implementation of its two Diamond Events: the Robotic Experimentation and Prototyping augmented by Maritime Unmanned Systems Exercise, better known as REPMUS, and Dynamic Messenger.

REPMUS is an annual, Portuguese-led exercise which provides a testing ground for large-scale experimentation where NATO navies can collaborate alongside academia and industry to develop and test unmanned capabilities. In addition to capability development, this exercise drives interoperability and advance operational concepts, tactics, techniques and procedures.

Dynamic Messenger is NATO’s only operational experimentation exercise, and brings together military, industry, and academia to increase innovation as well as drive capability and interoperability development in the area of unmanned maritime systems. In particular, this exercise aims to integrate the use of these systems into the operations of NATO Task Groups at sea. Dynamic Messenger 2023 is the second edition of NATO’s only operational experimentation exercise focused on maritime unmanned systems, and will take place this fall.

The Centre contributes to both exercises by coordinating their Rapid Environmental Assessment Warfare Groups, supporting academia and industry partners to develop new maritime unmanned systems to conduct military environmental assessments. Environmental knowledge is a decisive factor for the success of any military operation in maritime space as it contributes to better information and decision support to commanders, and enhances the common operating picture shared by Allies.

NATO-accredited Centres of Excellence are (multi-) nationally established and sponsored entities, which offer recognized expertise and experience within a defined subject matter area to the benefit of the Alliance. Centres of Excellence are not part of the NATO Command Structure, but form part of the wider framework that contributes to the functioning of the Alliance. Headquarters Supreme Allied Commander Transformation coordinates the activities of the Centres of Excellence, ensuring that their outputs align with Allied Command Transformation’s Programme of Work. For more information about NATO-accredited Centres of Excellence, see the 2023 Centres of Excellence Catalogue.

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