INTRACOM DEFENSE (IDE) has been recently awarded by the NATO Accelerating Interoperability and Standardization (AIS) Fund a new project entitled “Unmanned Surface Vehicles (USV) Standardization: Current Status and Future Outlook.” The project’s goal is to accelerate USV standardization by identifying standardization gaps and providing guidelines and recommendations to NATO for steering related standardization activities. Within the project, relevant NATO and non-NATO standards and certification frameworks will be analyzed, and recommendations for collaboration with external Standards Developing Organizations (SDOs) and the industry will be provided.
IDE is serving as the Implementing Agent (primary contractor), partnering with DEFENCE STANDARDIZATION ADVICE P.C. (DEFSTAND), a Greek SME with unique expertise in interoperability and standardization management, and ASTM International, a global leader in the development and delivery of voluntary consensus standards, for the successful implementation of the project.
In this context, IDE and DEFSTAND representatives participated in the NATO Joint Capability Group on Maritime Unmanned Systems (JCGMUS) meeting, held at the end of 2025 in Madrid, Spain, where they presented the project’s implementation plan and received valuable feedback from the meeting participants.
