Location: On-board the NATO Research Vessel (NRV) Alliance in the North Sea
00:00
Zoom out from a vessel to sea in sun set
00:11
Wales appear in water
00:32
GoPro above and below the waterline
00:58
Zoom from bridge to NATO Research Vessel (NRV) Alliance (front of the ship)
01:11
NRV Alliance from the side
01:20
Tilt from sky to NRV Alliance (side view)
01:26
Zoom out from NATO star to the side of the NRV Alliance
01:36
GoPro from rubber boot towards NRV Alliance (with water impact on camera) pan to sky
03:59
Zoom out from ITA flag to upper part of the NRV Alliance
04:02
Zoom in from sign “Alliance” to NATO flag zoom out to sign “Alliance”
04:23
Front shot of NRV Alliance
04:50
Tilt from sky to glider preparation on ship
04:54
Closer shot – glider preparation on ship
05:04
Face of technicians close up glider preparation back to faces back to glider in close
05:28
Glider with label “Property of CMRE” technicians back to glider
05:39
Technicians brings glider to rubber boot, passing the camera
05:47
Camera behind the technician bringing the glider to rubber boot
05:54
Camera in rubber boot – glider carried into rubber boot camera moves around from one side to the other side of the boot
06:16
NRV Alliance at open sea glider on rubber boot getting ready to be launched into the water
06:48
GoPro – NRV Alliance on horizon glider on rubber boot, camera submerges into the water, comes out of the water and focuses on the glider on boot
06:56
GoPro – from above looking at the glider and the personnel launching the glider, antenna of the glider camera moves to the top of the glider
07:16
Details of the glider (label “Property of CMRE”, branding “SLOCUM Electric Glider” zoom out to see the front of the glider
07:28
Glider is launched into the water
07:31
GoPro – Sun glider is launched into the water, camera submerges in water
07:49-08:33
Glider in water from above the waterline
08:33
GoPro – GoPro on water surface camera submerges emerges again submerges and focuses on glider in water from underneath the waterline Camera emerges again submerges
09:22
GoPro – from above the waterline submerges and focuses on the glider in water camera emerges focusing on the glider in the water
09:42-11:27
GoPro (upside down) camera turns around and submerges into the water, focusing on the glider in the water from underneath the waterline camera emerges from water and turns around (upside-down)
11:28
GoPro – upside down above the waterline Camera turns around and submerges into the water Camera comes back above the waterline
11:43
GoPro - upside down above the waterline Camera turns around and submerges into the water, focusing on the glider in the water
11:56-12:59
GoPro in the water focusing on glider, glider starts to move, dives into the depth of the water
13:00
Officer on the bridge of the NRV Alliance looks through binoculars camera moves around the officer, focuses on the open sea back to the officer
13:23-14:01
Officer outside the bridge on NRV Alliance uses instrument, close up on Officers’ face and instrument camera moves in front of instrument and officer camera moves back, officer looks through binoculars camera moves around the officer and looks at the side of the officer with a view to the open sea
14:02
Camera view through binoculars (as an insert)
14:16
2 officers on bridge, one looks through binoculars, go inside the bridge
14:23
Camera view through binoculars (as an insert)
14:37
Various detailed view on radar screen (audio to be cleaned!)
15:15
3 people on bridge (civilian is the “Scientist in charge” of the NRV Alliance)
15:22
Close up of hand rail of radar screen
15:25
Close up of finger adjusting radar screen
15:27
Face of radar operator
15:32
Close up of finger adjusting radar screen (3x)
15:46
Close up on label “Property of CMRE” on “Scan Fish” (underwater instrument)
15:47
Shot on 2 technicians preparing “Scan Fish” on ship
15:50
Glider stripped down on ship 3 technicians preparing “Scan Fish” camera back on glider
15:59
3 technicians prepare “Scan Fish”
16:04
Camera looks into opened instrument (“Scan Fish”) tilts/ pans to 2 technicians camera back to opened up instrument
16:17
Glider from behind crane lifts glider, 3 technicians work on glider on ship
16:28
Top of crane glider lifted by crane into the water zoom in to glider on crane, glider lowered to water
16:40
Top of crane glider into water, released from robes/ crane
16:51-17:34
Entrance into the ship’s mobile laboratory on board the NRV Alliance, followed by various scenes of scientists conducting several experiments
Location: CWIX at NATO JFTC in Bydgoszcz, Poland
17:34
Sound bite of Lt CDR James Schnadhorst, Anti-Submarine Warfare Staff Officer, NATO Allied Maritime Command
17:42-17:58
Why are the gliders useful for a NAVY Commander?
“The Glider are going to be useful for the future because this will improve our understanding of what’s happening under water, and as a result it enables us to better focus on our underwater detection systems and find unlocated submarines.”
18:06-18:32
In what way do the glider enhance the picture what you already have today?
“They do give us far more detailed information. It is a complicated environment and the more information we receive the better we will be able to focus our systems and find these submarines. It is a very complex environment and it is only by being in the environment that we are able to get the information we need. And that’s what the gliders give us, a unique, at the right time, in the right place source of information.”
18:38-18:53
What do the gliders play for a role in the upcoming Exercise DYNAMIC MONGOOSE?
“The gliders have an important role in DYNAMIC MONGOOSE this year which has over 12 nations in it. They will be providing direct environmental support to the Commanders at sea to enable them to help with the Exercise refine their tactics and procedures.”
18:58-19:24
With this capability, what does NATO provide to the Nations?
“Well, this is an important capability. One of the realities of today is that equipment and technology is becoming more expensive. What NATO is able to do by investing in these gliders is to provide this information to the Nations, all of them needed to work more effectively under water. So, it’s a great opportunity for NATO on the one hand and for the Nations on the other to improve their overall understanding of the environment.”
19:26
Sound bite of Dr. Raul Vicen, Senior Scientist, NATO Centre for Maritime Research and Experimentation (CMRE)
19:41-20:06
What is the purpose of CMRE being here at the Coalition Warrior Interoperability Exercise (CWIX)?
“We have two main objectives here. The first one is to remotely Command & Control and allow these to the Nations to be able to do these tasking to the fleet of glider we have deployed in the Atlantic. And the second one is to be able to disseminate the information we are collecting from the sea directly to the operational side and to put this information into their systems. Everything should be automatically done, following some standards we are working on.”
20:18-20:42
What’s the importance to feed to data to the national systems?
“On this regard, we have two main objectives. The first one is to enhance the recognized maritime picture that we working in the maritime. And it’s mainly focused to enhance the information we have in the underwater domain with the underwater gliders we deploy at sea. And the second one is to provide the information for the recognized environmental picture focusing on the environmental characterization we are doing with our underwater gliders.”
20:51-21:07
What can the NAVY Commander do with the data?
“On one side it is very useful for the geomatoc branches at commands. On the second one it is very useful for ASW commands. So, it’s good to know what’s going on in the underwater environment so that they can plan operations in advance.”
21:11-21:28
What’s the challenge here at CWIX?
“Here CMRE is working with the Nations in creating standards so that we understand each other and we are able to transfer information from one capability from one nation to another. And we are able to portrait the information into their screen or in our screens.”
21:29-22:16
On board the NRV Alliance: Various screens displaying glider information at sea, waypoints of gliders, visualizations of glider routes through the area of operations, close ups of the operator working on the screens
22:17-23:16
At CWIX: Various screens with glider information, waypoints, to be collected data, initiate a mission request for the gliders to carry out, operators behind in front of the screen
