BMT has published a paper at #CNE2026 arguing that the shift to a hybrid navy will change command at sea more fundamentally than any development since Admiral Fisher’s reforms.

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Royal Navy Wildcat helicopters teamed with drones from 700X Squadron to hunt fast attack boats and defeat simulated missile attacks during weeks of exercises in the Norwegian fjords.

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Babcock’s Sir Nick Hine made the case for “commanded autonomy” at #CNE2026, arguing humans must remain firmly in control of intent, authorisation and accountability.

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CiS claims a world first at #CNE2026, a fully autonomous drone dock that can launch and recover a UAS from a moving ship without any operator intervention.

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RAD has launched its Autonomy Core remote vessel control system at #CNE2026, as the company expands into defence with a product designed to support hybrid fleet ambitions.

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Drones and autonomy have rapidly become the dominant and decisive factor in the modern battlefield says First Sea Lord General Sir Gwyn Jenkins at #CNE2026.

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Navantia UK has unveiled a large autonomous warship concept at #CNE2026, as the company pushes to become a key supplier for the Royal Navy’s hybrid fleet of the future.

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Sweden has selected France’s Naval Group to supply four frigates for its Luleå class programme, passing over a competing British bid from Babcock.

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Navy Leaders and Teledyne Marine have published a deep dive into Hybrid Navy, Atlantic Bastion and Atlantic Net ahead of #CNE2026.

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Twenty-seven nations have signed a joint statement affirming political support for an independent multinational military mission to secure freedom of navigation through the Strait of Hormuz.

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