The 4th annual session of NATO ended in recent days Counter Class I Unmanned Aerial System Working Group, organized by the center of excellence Counter Mini / Micro Remotely Piloted Aircraft (CM / M APR) of the Italian Army of Sabaudia (LT).
The international forum, placed in the International Staff of the Atlantic Alliance, focused on the threat posed by drones of the small category and the possible solutions to be adopted in terms of procedures, materials and doctrine.
Chaired by Dr. Gabriele Cascone of the NATO staff, the workshop was attended by representatives of all the nations of the Atlantic Alliance who discussed how to counter the increasingly widespread and dangerous threat brought by drones and the possible architectures to be adopted for the integration of the C assets. -UAS in Air Defense.
Welcomed by the commander of the Counter-Aircraft Artillery, Brigadier General Giuseppe Amodio and by the director of the CM / M APR center of excellence, Colonel Alessio Gronchi, at the end of the symposium the NATO representatives had the opportunity to visit an exhibition area where the main Defense companies presented systems designed to combat drones.
The guests were also able to appreciate the level of technological maturity of the systems and individual components, such as sensors and actuators with diversified performances and purposes.
The CM / M APR center of excellence, established in 2019 in Sabaudia as part of the Italian Army's Counter-Aircraft Artillery, highlights its inter-force and international connotation, placing itself as a valid reference also for NATO in the study and fight against the drones used as a hostile vehicle, a rapidly growing sector and continuous technological evolution also driven by changes in the international scenario.
