The Spanish Navy tests Seeker UAS in a challenging exercise

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The Seeker UAS proved to be a vital asset in a recent exercise for the Spanish Navy. The UAS, developed by GMV and Spanish technology company Aurea Avionics, was used for intelligence gathering through threat identification, tracking of vehicles and other targets, and assessment of terrain, routes and settlements.

The Marine Infantry Brigade (BRIMAR), part of the Tercio de Armada de Infantería de Marina (Marine Infantry Protection Force), deployed the Seeker from 9 to 13 December at the San Gregorio National Training Center in Zaragoza during a exercise known as FTX-BRIMAR 21.

In the demanding live-fire exercises, the BRIMAR troops were able to take full advantage of the autonomy and range of the Seeker to conduct operations from advantageous positions – even in adverse weather conditions, with surface winds above 40 knots – and to organize take-offs and landings. autonomous in conditions of little or no visibility, including night flights.

Photo: GMV

Despite the complex environment, the Seeker UAS was able to deploy smoothly and allowed the BRIMAR to locate targets both day and night thanks to its dual payload, complete with thermal imaging camera and visible light camera. This contributed to the success of the exercises.

During the exercises, the Seeker UAS elaborated the available data sources to integrate the video with useful information for all the troops deployed, not only for the system operators: the video and the data generated were distributed in real time to the BRIMAR control station. using VidStream, a secure, high-quality latency-free data and video transmission system. This was possible using L3Harris’ new RF-7800H-MP radios, natively integrated into VidStream. With this configuration, Seeker UAS was the only system to transmit video from its ground position to the control station.

Photo: GMV

The Seeker system has been involved in exercises under the RAPAZ program led by the Sub-Directorate-General for Planning, Technology and Innovation, which reports to the Spanish Directorate-General for Weapons and Materials.

The Seeker UAS is in the Mini Class I segment for defense. It has an autonomy of 90 minutes, an autonomy of 15 km and a weight of 3.5 kg. Both the Spanish Navy and the Spanish Army received the first Seeker UAS units to strengthen the intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance capabilities of the Elite Marine Infantry Protection Force and the elite Almogávares VI Parachute Brigade of the Spanish Army.

Photo: GMV

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