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The Royal Navy is revving its engines to deploy the revolutionary DragonFire laser weapon system on its warships by 2027.

Brits announce new laser missile system that can fire on enemy missles, drones and aircraft at the speed of light.

The Mojave, the Short Take Off and Landing derivative of the MQ-1C Gray Eagle is being used to test new unmanned capabilities that the Royal Navy wants to introduce on its aircraft carriers.

The Royal Navy's R&D teams and robotics specialists recently joined a long-running, large-scale exercise in Portugal, which experimented with almo...

The U.K. Royal Navy is studying the introduction of aircraft launch and recovery systems onboard its two Queen Elizabeth-class aircraft carriers to “open up” the flight deck to a broader range of crewed and uncrewed air systems. Speaking at the Defence Leaders’ Combined Naval Event 2023 conference in Farnborough on May 24, U.K. Royal Marine […]

Navy outlines its ‘future maritime vision’ by exploring new ways of sending unmanned aircraft off the ships’ flight decks

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The Royal Navy has ordered its first crewless submarine to shape the future of underwater warfare. In two years time, Cetus – named after a mythological sea monster – will move through the oceans, monitoring hostile activity, listening out for ships or submarines which may pose a threat to the fleet, or to key national infrastructures such as deep-sea cables and pipelines.

The UK Royal Navy has awarded a £15.4 million (currently around $18,8 million) contract for a crewless submarine to the Plymouth-based company MSubs.

Project Cetus will deliver the largest and most complex crewless submarine operated by a European Navy.