A UAV downed by MARSS C-UAS software and systems integration during the ‘Red Sands 24.2' exercise held in Saudi Arabia in November 2024. (MARSS)
Monaco-headquartered Marine and Remote Sensing Solutions (MARSS) Group demonstrated its ‘detection to defeat' command-and-control (C2) systems at the ‘Red Sands 24.2' exercise in Saudi Arabia between 15 and 26 November, the company said.
‘Red Sands 24.2', a joint exercise organised by the Royal Saudi Air Force, US Army Central (ARCENT), and US Army Combat Capabilities Development Command (DEVCOM), was conducted in Red Sand, an area of red desert sand dunes near Riyadh. Various counter-unmanned aircraft systems (C-UASs) were tested during the exercise.
Sensor integration
Josh Harman, vice-president of Business Development with MARSS Group, told Janes how multiple sensors were integrated into a single user interface to try and provide a unified tactical picture. The company's systems were integrated with EOS Defense Systems' remote weapon station for the exercise.
Harman said that at the exercise, MARSS intended to bring “all of those different third-party sensors into one pane of glass and again integrating those sensors and creating a very simple form of decision making for the operator”, adding that MARSS wants things, so its system gives a “lower price per defeat on each UAS and allows them [operators] to manage larger areas”. Harman said the company wanted to show that operators can “manage multiple UASs in the field at a single point of time and the ecosystem of those systems to be controlled autonomously from regional sector or headquarter commands”.
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