During Exercise Bold Machina 24, NATO Special Forces divers test underwater sensors that may be used to protect Critical Underwater Infrastructure (CUI) in the future.
Held in La Spezia, Italy, and co-hosted by Allied Special Forces Command (SOFCOM) and NATO’s Centre for Maritime Research and Experimentation (CMRE), the Exercise Bold Machina 24 gathered dive teams from 13 nations and challenged them to sneak past a variety of industry-developed detection systems in a “man-versus-machine” challenge. Scientists from CMRE also showcased AI detection systems and virtual reality tools designed to identify and respond to suspicious undersea activity.
Click here to download the b-roll. Footage from the competition includes divers and detection systems, as well as interviews with US Captain Kurt Muhler from SOFCOM Maritime Development Division, Lieutenant Commander George Kalinoc from the Bulgarian Maritime Special Forces, and Alberto Tremori, a scientist at CMRE.
