New contracts expand GMV’s role in MARSURIII

GMV’s position as a leading contributor to maritime surveillance in Europe has been further solidified with the awarding of new European Defence Agency (EDA) contracts for the MARSURIII project. This expands the scope of the existing framework agreement and solidifies the company’s role in the operational and technological evolution of the MARSUR network, which provides support for maritime missions and operations as part of the European Union’s Common Security and Defence Policy (CSDP).

Some highlights of these new contracts include a renewal of annual maintenance services for the system, with GMV continuing to provide comprehensive operational support for all member countries of the MARSUR community. These services will include tasks focused on deployments, incident response, and analysis of software vulnerabilities, which will help ensure the reliability and security of the network.

Another contract awarded to GMV involves the addition of new functionalities, defined on the basis of the Standard Operational Procedures (SOP). The purpose of these upgrades is to align the system’s capabilities with the actual needs of the operators, while also enhancing the system’s interoperability and operational value by using new pre-operational services to strengthen interactions with the EU’s Common Information Sharing Environment (CISE).

There is also another contract focused on improving interoperability, with GMV responsible for integrating the consumption capacity from the NVG standard. This will make it possible to receive information from the NATO systems while also expanding data exchange capabilities for maritime surveillance in multinational environments.

Finally, GMV will participate this year in NATO’s CWIX26 exercise, which will take place in June in Bydgoszcz, Poland. In this case, GMV will perform data exchange testing using multiple protocols and formats (OTH, NMEA0183, and NVG). This will provide opportunities to validate the new capabilities in a real operational environment and to strengthen interoperability between the MARSUR system and other international networks and standards.

These new contracts can be added to those previously secured by GMV as part of its ongoing expansion in the field of maritime security in Europe. They also strengthen the coverage and effectiveness of the MARSUR network, which now benefits from the participation of 16 European countries and the European Union Satellite Centre (SatCen).