The fifth-generation A26 has advanced underwater stealth capabilities, including an underwater drone and seabed movement ...

A flotilla of uncrewed "wolf pack" drone boats has successfully been used to escort warships in a Royal Navy and Army trial. The five vessels "swarmed" around HMS Tyne and HMS Stirling Castle off the ...

The new HMS Stirling Castle is not a purpose-built minesweeper, but a civilian vessel bought by the Royal Navy and converted into a mothership for naval minehunting drones.

The Royal Navy has experimented with naval drones for several years—and has recently developed the “Rattler,” an unmanned boat capable of remote operation from hundreds of miles away.

Five un-crewed boats remotely piloted from 500 miles away surrounded HMS Tyne in a demonstration of how the Royal Navy could utilise such technology on operations. The real-life scenario of escorting ...

Webster is Professor of Public Policy and Management at the University of Stirling Business School, and has worked with the ...