Centre for Maritime Research and Experimentation (CMRE)

28/08/2026

🗓️ Counting the days until UComms’26! 🌊

Next week the NATO STO Centre for Maritime Research and Experimentation (CMRE) welcomes more than 100 returning and new participants to the 8th and largest edition of the Underwater Communications and Networking Conference.

This established and growing community of leading experts will gather from 1-3 September in Sestri Levante 🇮🇹 to deepen understanding of the propagation of communication signals underwater, and address evolving challenges and technologies in the field.

🔔 Check the website for key updates → https://ucomms.net/

is made possible by support from NATO Allied Command Transformation (ACT), IEEE & IEEE Oceanic Engineering Society

27/07/2026

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Task Force X-Arctic (TFX-Arctic) connects autonomous systems to deliver an operational advantage for NATO.

A NATO - Allied Command Transformation (ACT) initiative, delivered by NATO STO CMRE, TFX-Arctic has just completed its first dedicated operational experimentation in Iceland, bringing together underwater sensing and air operations in one of the most demanding environments the Alliance operates in.

reinforces and NATO’s awareness and presence across the Arctic and High North.

NATO Maritime Command | NATO Allied Joint Force Command Norfolk - JFCNF

07/07/2026

01/07/2026

Task Force X-Arctic calls in Reykjavik 🇮🇸

Last week, senior representatives from NATO STO Centre for Maritime Research and Experimentation (CMRE), NATO Allied Command Transformation (ACT), and Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Iceland & Directorate for Defence met on board NATO Research Vessel ALLIANCE to discuss the ongoing TFX-Arctic mission.

NRV ALLIANCE’s 10th annual Arctic deployment begins in Iceland, host nation for the first operational experimentation of TFX-Arctic. On shore and at sea, CMRE scientists and engineers are testing integrations of maritime and aerial unmanned systems, with advanced sensing and intelligence technologies.

Read more 🔗 https://www.cmre.nato.int/task-force-x-arctic-calls-in-reykjavik/

23/06/2026

👁️👁️Eyes on the Arctic: Connecting Innovation Across the High North 👀

Task Force X - Arctic is bringing together NATO commands, Allied nations, industry, and academia to explore how advanced sensors, autonomous systems, and new technologies can enhance awareness in the region.❄️

Led by NATO - Allied Command Transformation (ACT) with Centre for Maritime Research and Experimentation (CMRE) as technical lead⚓, this NATO initiative is in support of and aims to improve multi-domain awareness, interoperability, and the integration of innovative capabilities into operations.

🚢18 months of experimentation begins!

15/06/2026

⚙️ From research to operational impact!

During a visit to the Centre for Maritime Research and Experimentation (CMRE) in La Spezia, Italy 🇮🇹, on 11 June, our Deputy Commander VAdm James Morely engaged with the centre's Director Dr. Eric Pouliquen, leadership, scientists and experts developing capabilities that contribute to and will help strengthen NATO's deterrence and defence posture in the Arctic, High North, and North Atlantic.

Led by NATO - Allied Command Transformation (ACT), with the CMRE as technical lead, advances autonomous systems and multi-domain sensing to strengthen awareness in this strategically important region.

06/06/2026

📰 NATO launches Task Force X-Arctic to strengthen awareness and presence in the Arctic and High North

NATO STO Centre for Maritime Research and Experimentation (CMRE) today announces its leading role in Task Force X-Arctic, the NATO - Allied Command Transformation (ACT) Beacon Project designed to demonstrate, for the first time, how networked autonomous systems can deliver persistent multi-domain situational awareness across the North Atlantic, Arctic and High North.

Read more 🔗 https://nato.int/en/news-and-events/articles/news/2026/06/06/nato-launches-task-force-x-arctic-to-strengthen-awareness-in-the-arctic-and-the-high-north?selectedLocale=

11/05/2026

CMRE recently participated in 🇪🇸 ESP MINEX 2026 ⬇️

02/05/2026

🕥 Then vs. now …

2 May 1959, NATO’s Centre for Maritime Research and Experimentation was first commissioned as the ‘Supreme Allied Commander, Atlantic Anti-Submarine Warfare Research Centre’.

67 years later, CMRE is NATO’s world-leading research laboratory, continually working to deepen knowledge from seabed to space, and to secure the future of the Alliance at sea.

21/04/2026

📣 CMRE's 2025 Annual Report is live ➡ www.cmre.nato.int/ar25

The NATO STO Centre for Maritime Research and Experimentation (CMRE) has released its 2025 Annual Report, offering a comprehensive overview of CMRE's activities conducted over the past year.

🎥 Watch the Director's welcome video
🔍 Explore the Centre's projects, capabilities, and more...