OSI is pleased to announce the contract for a complete Integrated Navigation and Tactical System bridge for the Portuguese Navy’s state-of-the-art MultiPurpose Vessel. The vessel, to be built by Damen Shipyards Group in their Galati Shipyard in Romania, is an innovative 107m platform designed to support Oceanic Research, Search and Rescue, Emergency relief and uniquely, Naval operations to perform as a UxV Mother Ship. Equipped with laboratories, scientific accommodation, unmanned drones and helicopters, it features a stern ramp for UUVs and USVs, a 94 x 11 metre flight deck for UAVs and modular systems to meet its varied and demanding roles. The vessel, classified as Plataforma Naval Multifunctional (PNM), or multifunctional naval platform, will be christened the Dom João II.