{"id":419,"date":"2026-03-03T13:31:26","date_gmt":"2026-03-03T13:31:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cmre.nato.int\/ar25\/?page_id=419"},"modified":"2026-04-14T18:56:31","modified_gmt":"2026-04-14T16:56:31","slug":"autonomous-anti-submarine-warfare","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.cmre.nato.int\/ar25\/autonomous-anti-submarine-warfare\/","title":{"rendered":"Autonomous Anti-Submarine Warfare"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"419\" class=\"elementor elementor-419\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7e43cce e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"7e43cce\" 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\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ddc0197 elementor-widget elementor-widget-menu-anchor\" 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data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;none&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Emerging and Disruptive Technologies for Autonomous Anti-Submarine Warfare<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ce71b1a elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"ce71b1a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">FUNDING BODY: NATO ALLIED COMMAND TRANSFORMATION<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a1270fc elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"a1270fc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeIn&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The submarine threat to NATO and the NATO Nations is greater now than at any time over the last four decades.\u00a0 Russia is investing in new submarines, which are far stealthier\u2014and therefore difficult to detect and track\u2014than their Soviet-era counterparts.\u00a0 During the Cold War, NATO Nations made substantial investment in ASW technologies and platforms, but such high-end maritime warfighting capabilities gradually ebbed away post-1989 as NATO focussed on Non-Article 5 Crisis Response Operations.\u00a0 However, a robust NATO deterrence and defence posture in the current strategic environment of re-emergent Russian submarine forces means that NATO must now build capacity in state-of-the-art ASW capabilities, with the right force mix comprising of both exquisite manned platforms and maritime unmanned systems (MUS).<\/p><p>The outputs of the EDT for ASW Programme enhance the Alliance&#8217;s ability to counter submarine threats in blue water and shallow water environments by:<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-75527a9 elementor-align-start elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget-mobile__width-inherit elementor-icon-list--layout-traditional elementor-list-item-link-full_width elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-icon-list\" data-id=\"75527a9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeIn&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"icon-list.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"elementor-icon-list-items\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<svg aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"e-font-icon-svg e-fas-check\" viewBox=\"0 0 512 512\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M173.898 439.404l-166.4-166.4c-9.997-9.997-9.997-26.206 0-36.204l36.203-36.204c9.997-9.998 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tactical use of an ASW system-of-systems network of conventional crewed assets and autonomous uncrewed systems, thereby maximising its overall performance to detect, classify, localise and track submarines<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cecf502 elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"cecf502\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeIn&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The ASW capabilities developed under this programme are tested at sea during NATO exercises and dedicated sea trials.\u00a0 Additionally, CMRE researchers rapidly adapted and deployed in June 2025 a network of unmanned systems as part of ACT\u2019s Task Force X initiative to support NATO\u2019s BALTIC SENTRY enhanced vigilance 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The collaboration with CMRE, supported by the participation of an Italian Navy submarine, enabled the assessment of emerging technologies in an operationally relevant environment and contributed to the development of undersea capabilities.\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-q-footer\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<cite class=\"elementor-blockquote__author\">Rear Admiral Milazzo, Head of the Submarine Division, Italian Navy, General Staff Commander of the Italian Submarine Forces<\/cite>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/blockquote>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-04f880c elementor-widget elementor-widget-menu-anchor\" data-id=\"04f880c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"menu-anchor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-menu-anchor\" id=\"1_2\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e7067d2 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for the use of uncrewed systems deployed from crewed vessels to execute Canadian Armed Forces anti-submarine warfare (ASW) missions of the future, with a particular focus on Arctic operations. \u00a0The scope of uncrewed systems included aerial, surface and sub-surface vehicles, either autonomous or remotely piloted.<\/p><p>The three stands of study carried out during 2025 were related to:<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3a7fbc1 e-con-full elementor-hidden-mobile e-flex elementor-invisible e-con e-child\" data-id=\"3a7fbc1\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;,&quot;animation&quot;:&quot;fadeIn&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c2d97b2 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"c2d97b2\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" 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