mines /en en Maintaining the edge for Italy’s Gaeta Class minehunters /en/worldwide-defence-naval-forces/underwater-warfare/magazine/maintaining-edge-italys-gaeta-class <p>How À×»ðÌåÓý¹ÙÍø technology has recently seen the sixth in a series of eight minehunters upgraded to modern sonar, as part of a refurbishment programme spanning the last decade. Proving how À×»ðÌåÓý¹Ù꿉۪s tailored and committed approach to naval services is helping maintain sonar mission readiness, as Italy’s Navy eyes its next generation of mine countermeasures capability.</p> 23 Nov 2020 2737736 /sites/default/files/database/assets/images/2020-11/GAETA_dms_uws_thumbnail_18112020.jpg PATHMASTER, Unmanned Mine Countermeasures /en/markets/defence-and-security/naval-forces/underwater-warfare/pathmaster-unmanned-mine <p>Navies around the world need to perform a variety of missions from Maritime Security Operations in territorial waters to Power Projection including interventions on external theaters of operations, and from coastal environments to the deep sea.</p> 14 Oct 2020 2737438 /sites/default/files/database/assets/images/2020-11/GAETA_dms_uws_thumbnail_18112020.jpg Conventional Mine Warfare /en/markets/defence-and-security/naval-forces/underwater-warfare/conventional-mine-warfare <p>Navies around the world need to perform a variety of missions from Maritime Security Operations in territorial waters to Power Projection including interventions on external theaters of operations, and from coastal environments to the deep sea.</p> 14 Oct 2020 2737435 /sites/default/files/database/assets/images/2020-11/GAETA_dms_uws_thumbnail_18112020.jpg The Maritime Mine Countermeasures Programme: the French and British navies blaze the trail towards a global first with their revolutionary autonomous system /en/worldwide-defence/naval-forces/magazine/maritime-mine-countermeasures-programme-french-and-british <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri"><o:p></o:p></span>Recognising the clear alignment of their objectives, in 2015, France and the UK fired the starting gun to embrace a new, unprecedented concept of operations: the Maritime Mine Countermeasures (MMCM) Programme. The ambition?&nbsp;&nbsp; By 2020, to be operating a sophisticated system comprising a tailored, toolbox of autonomous seaborne drones.</p> 13 Sep 2019 2728642 /sites/default/files/database/assets/images/2020-11/GAETA_dms_uws_thumbnail_18112020.jpg