He Gulf of Cádiz is the theater of 41st Naval Escort Squadron Spanish perform a exercise advanced tactics to repel massive drone attack in collaboration with the National Institute of Aerospace Technology (INTA) during exercise MARCH 24-2.
On a note, the Navy explained that on September 30, the 41st Escort Squadron conducted an advanced exercise against a multitude of drones, known in the military field as Unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV).
The defense exercise against drone was “an important step” in simulating this “so current” emerging threat in scenarios like the sea Red. The window was programmed in a scenario generated for the occasion and characterized by the uncertainty And volatility caused by the presence of conventional military forces and insurgent cellscollaboratively using disruptive technologies.
During the exercise, the group of MARCH 24-2composed of Spanish frigates Reina Sofía, Navarra, Canarias, Méndez Núñez and BAC Patiñocompleted a 35 nautical mile transit through a threatened, simulated generated and designed international strait near a fictional island off the coast of Huelva.
The chosen area, with a notable presence of fishing and commercial traffic, as well as the information intended to situate it, recreated conditions similar to those currently present in the southern Red Sea and the Strait of Bab-el-Mandeb“key” areas for international maritime security.
For an entire morning, the group’s ships were harassed by up to seven drones of different classes, launched from land And insurgent shipsby carrying out coordinated attacks that tested the ships’ crews, increasing their level of readiness to firmly repel the threat and mitigate possible damage resulting from the attacks, while preserving their combat capability.
The exercise MARCH 24-2which focuses mainly on the area of surface warfare (Above Water Warfare), began on September 23 and will continue until October 4 in the waters of the southern peninsula.
In addition to the three fundamental pillars of surface warfare – electronic warfare, surface warfare and anti-air warfare -, MARCH 24-2 It was designed to enable further progress in the design and analysis of defense techniques against unmanned vehicles (C-UXV), a threat based on disruptive techniques present today in different theaters of operations.
Planning, organization, direction and execution are carried out by the 41st Escort Squadron under the command of its commander, Captain Ernesto Grueso García, embarked with his deployable staff aboard the frigate. Navarrewhich serves as the group’s command ship.
Currently, the frigates of 41st Escort Squadron who are deploying as part of Operation Atalanta, have installed the new C-UXV Guardian 2.0 and Sentinel 30 systems from EM&E (hard-kill) and CROW from INDRA (soft-kill), which strengthen their defense capabilities against this emerging threat.
