ASW going MAD: Demonstration of an Unmanned MAD Capability at REPMUS 2025

14 Apr 2026
Theatre 2
  1. MAD is, and remains, an important ASW sensor, also in the fast evolving world of unmanned systems.

  2. REPMUS 2025 marked the first successful test of unmanned MAD using a VTOL UAV.

  3. Enabled by strong international collaboration, the trial lays the groundwork for a future operational unmanned MAD capability.

  4. The next challenge is to integrate unmanned MAD into the broader ASW operations.

Speakers
Reinier Tan MSc
Mr Reinier Tan MSc, Senior Scientist Magnetic Sensing - TNO
Chairperson
Maxwell Edwards
Maxwell Edwards, Principal Scientist - Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (Dstl)