The Red Sands Live Fire Exercise 23.2 operation sought to strengthen military relations between the US and Saudi Arabia while showcasing how different technologies could defeat varied attacks. It also served to develop UAS combative procedures while increasing the defensive readiness of the two nations against emerging UAS threats.
The live exercise was a highly complex undertaking, involving a range of different counter UAS technologies and UAS targets, and a variety of sophisticated enemy tactics, techniques and procedures-based scenarios.
Several participants and systems were engaged in the exercise, including MARSS with its innovative NiDAR technology.
Jeff Tipton, Business Development Director in Defence at MARSS, commented,
“Through our involvement in the live exercise, MARSS was able to demonstrate the effectiveness of our live NiDAR Command and Control Centre to the US CENTCOM Commander, as well as the Chief of General Staff of the Royal Saudi Armed Forces and his Component Commanders. It was a pleasure to be involved, and truly exciting to work with such esteemed colleagues.”
