A team from the Disruptive Capabilities and Technologies Office, responsible for trialling the latest innovations and introducing them to front-line operations, will attend the three-week exercise this month alongside several Royal Navy teams, industry and defence experts.

The exercise, held in Tróia and Sesimbra and known as REPMUS, sees a range of technology deployed across all domains from below the waves to in the skies. It puts the latest autonomous and uncrewed equipment through their paces, trialling surveillance and reconnaissance sensors, dropping payloads and gathering data.

Charles Thomson, head of the project for the UK and part of DCTO, said: “In a time of rapid technological advancement and an increasingly complex security environment, REPMUS highlights the UK’s commitment to advancing defence technology within NATO.

“Royal Navy operators, supported by industry partners, will deploy uncrewed systems across surface, subsurface, air, and cyber domains. These systems will support missions such as protecting undersea infrastructure, tracking submarines, identifying vessels beyond line of sight, and enhancing mine warfare, all while operating with teams from NATO and other allied nations.