Mastodawn

#UK’s #RoyalNavy's 40ft #submarine #drone which can be operated from ‘other side of the world’
#Excalibur is an Extra Large Uncrewed #Underwater Vehicle and will likely be used for long-endurance surveillance, seabed warfare, and more.
What is an Excalibur #XLUUV capable of? #Navy Lookout describes it as a tech demonstrator. Its designers are trialing “long-endurance surveillance, seabed warfare, and deployment of sensors or payloads in denied or contested environment”
https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/uks-royal-navy-tests-40-foot-submarine-drone-which-can-be-operated-from-the-other-side-of-the-world

Excalibur is classed as an XLUUV and will likely be used for long-endurance surveillance, seabed warfare, and more.

Tom's Hardware

U.K. Royal Navy Unveils First Uncrewed Submarine ‘Excalibur’

12-metre vessel to undergo two-year trials as Royal Navy explores future underwater operations with autonomous systems

U.K. Royal Navy Unveils First Uncrewed Submarine ‘Excalibur’

12-metre vessel to undergo two-year trials as Royal Navy explores future underwater operations with autonomous systems

U.S. Navy to Receive Second Boeing Orca Autonomous Submarine in Early 2025

Boeing-built extra-large unmanned undersea vehicle to undergo testing before deployment

U.S. Navy to Receive Second Boeing Orca Autonomous Submarine in Early 2025

Boeing-built extra-large unmanned undersea vehicle to undergo testing before deployment

Dr Albert Palazzo, UNSW Canberra, argues in the Lowy Institute's The Interpreter that #AUKUS is a return to the failed 1920s "Singapore Strategy". In the 2020s submarines are in the role of battleships & drones in place of torpedo aircraft. https://www.lowyinstitute.org/the-interpreter/aukus-singapore-strategy-redux

However, I suggest an alternative is developing, where Australia builds a fleet of locally made large uncrewed #XLUUV #GhostShark submarines, in place of #SSN nuclear crewed ones. https://blog.highereducationwhisperer.com/2024/08/aukus-beyond-submarines.html#drone

Successive governments are making the nation vulnerable to a repeat performance.

@johnquiggin I had the pleasure of attending Professor Evans presentation last week at the Academy of the Social Sciences #AUKUS conference. While I agree Australia could not pull out of the agreement, we could build non-nuclear robot submarines (#XLUUV) instead crewed nuclear ones, as our contribution. https://blog.highereducationwhisperer.com/2024/08/aukus-beyond-submarines.html

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