Saab has been contracted by the Swedish Defence Materiel Administration (FMV) to develop a new Large Uncrewed Undersea Vehicle (LUUV), the company stated.

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The Royal Navy has announced that its sailors are examining how artificial intelligence could be applied to maritime engineering, following an innovation day attended by engineers from Fleet Support Units Archimedes and Brunel.

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The UK and US are planning a major live-fire ‘SINKEX’ off Scotland in May 2026 alongside testing of undersea drones for battle damage assessment during #AtlanticThunder26.

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NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte has praised Germany’s expanding role in European defence, highlighting Berlin’s increasing military spending, defence industrial output, and support for Ukraine.

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The Royal Navy’s flagship HMS Prince of Wales has arrived in Tokyo, leading the UK Carrier Strike Group into Japan’s capital for what the service described as a historic port visit.

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Could the Damen Enforcer be the basis for the Royal Navy’s Multi-Role Strike Ship?

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American Arleigh Burke-class destroyer USS Bulkeley has arrived in Rostock, Germany, ahead of its participation in the German-led multinational exercise Northern Coast 2025.

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The Port Glasgow yard embodies a broader truth: without a distributed network of regional shipyards, Britain risks the very skills that make national shipbuilding possible.

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DSEI UK has confirmed that four visiting warships will dock in London this September, with live demonstrations of autonomous and manned craft.

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The ‘Adaptable Strike Frigate’ from BAE Systems doubles as an unmanned systems mothership built around modular payloads with lean crewing and a digital backbone.

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