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

 

[JMCanada]

EUROGUARD M-SASV Project Moves From Design To Reality With Hull Presentation

The European Defence Fund's (EDF) €95 million EUROGUARD program has completed its Critical Design Review (CDR) and unveiled its 45-meter semi-autonomous prototype hull at the Baltic Workboats shipyard in Estonia.

www.navalnews.com

 

[Kirkhill]

Ukraine is launching strike-drones from everything – including Black Sea robo-boats

The Pentagon is studying the lesson as it shifts focus toward a possible conflict with China.

www.defensenews.com

"The Sea Baby, a strike boat built and operated by Ukraine’s Security Service, or SBU, can now carry six to eight FPV drones in side compartments that open during an attack, alongside thermobaric Shmel rockets"

"Ukrainian officials count on the autonomous vessels’ ability to move closer toward Russian military positions than land-based launchers could, with the SBU assuming a range of 930 miles (1,500 kilometers) on a 4,400-pound (2,000-kilogram) payload. Some of the drones in the cargo hold are guided by fiber-optic cable, leaving them immune to the radio jamming that downs ordinary FPVs, according to Forbes.

"Ukraine has turned nearly everything it fields into an FPV launcher. Sea drones carrying fiber-optic FPVs struck the Russian ports of Tuapse and Novorossiysk in September. Several companies have rigged ground robots to fire the same drones, and both sides have flown balloons carrying them."