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Warship Technology - 2026 - Edition 3

Royal Navy tests seabed defence tech with AUKUS allies

Warship Technology (Newsletter)
Edition Issue: Edition 3 Publication Year: 2026 Publication Type: Articles

The Teledyne Gavia autonomous underwater system (image: Royal Navy).

The Royal Navy has completed a six-week AUKUS Pillar 2 trial with the US and Royal Australian Navies, testing uncrewed technology to protect critical undersea infrastructure off the US coasts and southwestern Australia. 

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Submarine maintenance utilises 3D printing

Warship Technology (Newsletter)
Edition Issue: Edition 3 Publication Year: 2026 Publication Type: Articles

QinetiQ has installed an additive manufacturing facility at HM Naval Base Clyde, enabling submarine components to be printed and delivered dockside on demand.

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A five-class challenge for UK naval design

Warship Technology (Newsletter)
Edition Issue: Edition 3 Publication Year: 2026 Publication Type: Articles

Secretary of State for Defence Wes Streeting at Babcock's Rosyth facility (image: Corporal Ryan Murray, UK MoD. Crown copyright 2026).

Naval architects face a compressed design programme under the UK's £300bn Defence Investment Plan, which replaces the Type 83 destroyer with the Common Combat Vessel, a hybrid warship coordinating four new uncrewed classes.

Detail Link: A five-class challenge for UK naval design

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