BRIGHT HORIZONS FOR MARITIME ROTARY UAVS: Naval rotary unmanned aerial vehicles are a reality. From mine countermeasures to ISR and beyond, the number of players in the maritime market is growing.

The article informs that North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)'s Ocean 2020 Exercise, led by the Italian Navy, was designed to demonstrate how collaborative autonomy between multi-domain unmanned air, surface and sub-surface vehicles. It mentions about objectives of Ocean 2020 was the improvement of maritime integration of unmanned systems and Intelligence, Surveillance Target Acquisition and Reconnaissance capabilities, as well proving interoperability between heterogeneous systems.