{"id":287,"date":"2026-02-10T13:30:27","date_gmt":"2026-02-10T13:30:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cmre.nato.int\/ar25\/?page_id=287"},"modified":"2026-04-14T16:31:41","modified_gmt":"2026-04-14T14:31:41","slug":"vessels","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.cmre.nato.int\/ar25\/vessels\/","title":{"rendered":"Vessels"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"287\" class=\"elementor elementor-287\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-469702a e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"469702a\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-88d9c11 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"88d9c11\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" 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of 7,200 nautical miles, the vessel offers an endurance of 26 days \u2013 enabling sustained research deployments in remote maritime regions.<\/p><p>On board, NRV Alliance features 400 square metres of laboratory space, comprising wet labs, computing systems, and robust network connectivity.\u00a0 A full suite of hull-mounted sensors and powerful deck-handling equipment\u2014including winches, cranes and launch\/recovery systems\u2014enables the deployment of a wide range of oceanographic and acoustic systems.\u00a0 These include towed and moored arrays, autonomous underwater and surface vehicles, and specialised instrumentation.<\/p><p>Ice-strengthened for polar operations, NRV Alliance remains a versatile platform and has supported missions ranging from deep-ocean anti-submarine warfare (ASW) trials to multi-vehicle autonomy experiments and high-resolution bathymetric mapping in Arctic regions.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element 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