Possible Applicattions of USVs in Polish Navy
Streszczenie
Polish Navy modernization process is underway.
Year
2015
was vital because
of two historical events. New
ly
build corvette (
Gawron
Class) and minehunter
(
Kormoran II
Class) were launched in Polish shipyards. Naval modernization program
consist
of
many aspe
cts and is implemented in Polish industry. Simultaneously
,
couple
of programs focused on unmanned vehicles are on track (aerial, surface and
underwater). One of them is
Buried Mines
(BURMIN) program as a part of
European
Unmanned Systems for Mine Counter
Measures
and other naval applications (UMS)
organized by
European Defense Agency
(EDA), together with sufficient players of the
branch like
Thales
(leader),
Atlas, RMA, TNO. WTD
-
71
,
Atlas Elektronik, Fraunhofer,
IPHT, CTM
(Poland). Unmanned Surface Vehicle
s (USVs) become increasingly
popular in military and maritime security applications. With growing role of shallow
and confined waters in maritime tactics some specific threats start play significant role
(asymmetric threats, sea mine, submarines). Polish N
avy is
engaged
in
Multinational
Capability Development Campaign
(MCDC) project dedicated to Joint and Combined
Operations in and from Confined Waters.
Ideas p
roposed in the paper represent the
author
’
s personal point of view
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