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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.