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A British Drone Submarine Fired a US Torpedo. London Paired It With an AI Pact.
The AUKUS trial moved undersea autonomy into weapons carriage, but it proved the interfaces rather than an operational strike capability.
STARK unveiled its Vanta-12 drone boat with four MBDA Sea Venom missiles, which MBDA is adapting for surface launch. Integration is early, and no navy has ordered the boat.
The AUKUS trial moved undersea autonomy into weapons carriage, but it proved the interfaces rather than an operational strike capability.
The transmissions exposed a component-level gap in the supply-chain label Western governments use to screen military electronics.
Britain will scrap the planned Type 83 destroyer and buy at least six Common Combat Vessels to control air, surface and underwater drones, the MoD said, reshaping the Royal Navy's surface fleet around uncrewed systems.