Historic first as Royal Navy launches torpedo from uncrewed submarine, XV Excalibur
The three-week trial used an inert Mk48 Mod 4 torpedo and aimed to speed AUKUS undersea warfare capability without risking personnel.
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Historic first as Royal Navy launches torpedo from uncrewed submarine, XV Excalibur
For the first time, a Royal Navy robot submarine has successfully fired a torpedo in a milestone trial pushing the boundaries of undersea warfare off Scotland. Royal Navy press release XV Excalibur, an Extra-Large Uncrewed Underwater Vessel or XLUUV, was adapted with a specialist management system to successfully fire and control US Navy Mk48 Mod ...
As part of an AUKUS trial, the British Royal Navy (Royal Navy) reached a new operational milestone with its new extra-large unmanned submarine (XLUUV), the XV Excalibur. For the first time, the system carried out the launch of a U.S. Navy heavy torpedo Mk48 Mod 4 at the Center [...] The entry For the first time, the British Royal Navy unmanned submarine XV Excalibur launched a torpedo at an AUKUS test in Scotland appears first in Military Zone.
The Royal Navy of Great Britain and the United States Navy have achieved a breakthrough in the field of underwater warfare after the British unmanned underwater vehicle XV Excalibur successfully fired an American Mark 48 heavy torpedo.
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