The official aim of the major Baltic Sea maneuver is to strengthen the integration of the allied nations in joint military operations - against the backdrop of NATO's strategic planning for deterrence and defence in the Europe-Atlantic region.
Open system as a game changer
The current deployment during the BALTOPS maneuver shows that the operational added value offered by the Multi-Sensor Data Fusion Cell (MSDF-Cell) is incredibly high. As the innovation project taps into many more data sources than before and integrates them into an overall system for the first time, the information space of sea areas such as the Baltic Sea can be mapped much more strongly and accurately. This not only helps to save time during analysis and conserves human resources, but is also vital in the event of an LV/BV.
As the project is also open rather than classified, the MSDF Cell has a very high potential for scaling in the NATO context. To date, each NATO ally has its own isolated solution in terms of data exchange. That's why an open system that also merges all available data pools live is a real game changer! The functions of the MSDF-Cell met with a very positive response from the multinational participants during the exercise: “We don't have that and we absolutely need it!” was the conclusion.
