The exercise included the HAVELSAN VTS and HAVELSAN Dialog (Video
Conference) products. At the same time, the company contributed to the Maritime
Security Exercise’s Computer Assisted Exercise (CAX); the HAVELSAN VTS software
was deployed for the first time in the NATO exercise.
For the first time, satellite photos obtained by private space-based earth observation firms were uploaded to HAVELSAN VTS and displayed on the system, according to the NATO Maritime Security Centre of Excellence.
On the other hand, Live Automatic Identification System (AIS) traces
obtained by a corporation participating in the experiment were likewise
incorporated and shown in HAVELSAN VTS. Academic presentations were shown to
participants outside Turkey via the video conferencing technology HAVELSAN
Diyalog during the first two days of the NATO Maritime Security Exercise.
Algeria and Bahrain participated as observers in the exercise, including
Romania, Greece, and Turkey. The Turkish Straits Ship Traffic Services System
required the development of VTS Software. Thanks to the system, interaction
with ships will be maintained at the maximum level. A national system will monitor,
organise, and manage all ship traffic movements in the straits.