UDT 2010: RN continues move in to unmanned
The UK Royal Navy (RN) is moving ‘tentatively’ into the world of unmanned underwater systems to counter mine threats (UUS) ahead of possible unmanned solutions for anti-submarine warfare (ASW), according to Rear Admiral Mark Anderson.
Speaking at the Undersea Defence Technology (UDT) conference in Hamburg, Germany on 8 June, the Commander Operations RN said the UK was planning to ‘tackle the abundant threat [of sea mines] in the future’ while referring to state-of-the-art threats triggered by the sound of a passing ship.
He described how the RN’s Mine Countermeasures Reconnaissance Unmanned Underwater Vehicle, or Kongsberg’s Hydroid Remus 600, was now
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