Who needs sailors anyway?

[HavokFour]

1,000kg payload.
2,000 mile rage.
60m operational diving depth.
Capable of fully autonomous operation and navigation.

Ukraine Developed Sea Trident Heavy Underwater Drone to Destroy Strategic Targets

Ukraine has developed the SEA TRIDENT heavy underwater drone, designed to destroy strategic targets.The underwater vehicle was presented by the Ukrainian company Global Mark at the Eurosatory International Defense & […]

militarnyi.com

 

[Kirkhill]

Uncrewed 43 footer with SAMs and SSMs

America just put a drone boat in the water that shoots at warships and aircraft at once from a 43-foot hull with nobody aboard, industrializing a trick Ukraine already pulled off when its sea drones shot Russian jets out of the sky

That combination is the part people in the trade keep circling back to, because most drone boats pick a lane. Interesting Engineering noted the setup is

www.autonocion.com

 

[oldcpu]

You may find this recent "The Warzone" article of interest: UK Sacrifices Its Future Destroyer As Part Of Massive Bet On Drones Across Its Forces

According to "The War Zone" the RN is considering a number of different warships to procure instead of an intended Type-83 Destroyer procurement, these being:
(a)Type-91 - an uncrewed missile platform, serving as a 'floating magazine'
(b)Type-92 - an uncrewed "sense platform" with primary ASW tasking
(c)Type-93 - extra large uncrewed underwater vessel, intended as an adjunct to crewed hunter killer submarines. They are to carry both sensors and ASW weapons
(d)Type-94 - another uncrewed sense platform, optimized for air defense missions