Demonstrating sensors, solutions and systems at REPMUS 2025

Thales teams from France, Germany, the Netherlands, Portugal, Romania and the United Kingdom travelled to the exercise site in Portugal this September to demonstrate functionalities of (future) Naval solutions.

The international team worked on different demonstrations through the support of the:

• French Navy & DGA (Direction Générale de l'Armement)
• German Navy
• United Kingdom Royal Navy

With these different navies, Thales supported different missions, for instance mine countermeasures, and different aspects, such as system integration and secure navigation. Thales supported navies throughout the entire mission, from planning to post-mission analysis.

Underwater Security

The integration of Uncrewed systems offered many possibilities for modern day missions to contribute to above and underwater security. UXV’s offered unique possibilities for both countermine as well as anti-submarine purposes.

During REPMUS, Thales deployed the S-Flash dipping sonar using a high-speed, unmanned vessel to detect underwater targets and establish a protection zone. Such underwater sensors were integrated into a system of systems through M-Cube mission management system, for mission planning and analyzed through BlueTracker for Sonar data processing.

Smart UAV Surveillance and Reconnaissance

Another application for uncrewed systems lay within surveillance and reconnaissance. Through the integration of a UAV into a ship’s combat management system, additional information was fused into the broader operational picture, optimizing decision making and enriching mission performance.

At the exercise Thales integrated a UAV into Combat Management System Tacticos through the Autonomous Capability Cluster, which enabled us to coherently integrate uncrewed capabilities into overall mission solutions. Through which broader opportunities become possible, for instance the integration of Peregrine UAV, with powerful naval surveillance sensors and possibly even adding Electronic Warfare applications.

The mission was supported by trusted A.I. to plan the optimal route for the UAV based on predictive patterns of present assets. This was critically assessed, as will the overall mission, during the post-mission analysis executed through SASIE, optimally leveraging collected data.

Resilient GPS Navigation

Supporting mission readiness entails an entire end-to-end approach, from innovation to system delivery, from crew training through to spares and repairs, and from mission planning to mission analysis. In that broad scope was navigation considered. 

During REPMUS Thales demonstrated OceanDS, inhouse navigation with integrated sensor equipment, with the extended anti-GPS-spoofing capabilities.

Building a future can all trust through crewed and uncrewed solutions

The use of UXV’s in Maritime operations has moved out of the future and into today’s reality. Thus, while we develop and demo at exercise such as REPMUS, Thales is also ready to and already supplying UXV centric or enabling solutions to customers around the world. 

Through continuous investments and innovation, we are making sure our customers and partners can still rely on us in the future when threats evolve. Our products evolve along with them. Meanwhile, we also continue the development of new products and solutions to maintain our technological leadership in Naval solutions. 

We continue building on a future we can all trust.