Royal Navy charts a course to uncrewed ASW
The Royal Navy has outlined ambitions to introduce uncrewed and autonomous systems as a means to increase lethality and build mass in its future ASW capability.
The Royal Navy has outlined ambitions to introduce uncrewed and autonomous systems as a means to increase lethality and build mass in its future ASW capability.

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Thales announced its highly-effective Lightweight Multirole Missile will be on display at this month’s Defence & Security Exhibition (DSEI) in London after a remarkable year in which the system has achieved a number of notable ‘firing firsts’.
A test flight of the US Army’s Dark Eagle hypersonic missile set to launch from Cape Canaveral on Wednesday was pushed back for the third time.
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RAND Corporation’s Senior Engineer Dr. Scott Savitz comments on kamikaze unmanned surface vessels (USVs).
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Hellenic Navy’s future fleet support ship Perseus and the last pair of Island cutters arrived at Salamis Naval Base on September 1, 2023.
Admiral Nicolas Vaujour was appointed as the 63rd Chief of Staff of the French Navy (Marine Nationale) on August 31, 2023. He succeeds to Admiral Pierre Vandier at the head of the French Navy.