The Navy, together with the developers of maritime drones, is working to create forces and means that will protect Ukrainian waters from the threat of maritime drones.
As Russia likely deploys autonomous submarines to map and monitor vital data cables in UK waters, the “drone war” that has developed in the skies above the battlefields of Ukraine is slowly but surely moving to the seas.
Magura V5 maritime drones of the Defence Intelligence of Ukraine (DIU) have hit Russian KC-701 Tunets boats in occupied Crimea. The DIU press service reported on this.
The war in Ukraine has removed any remaining doubts that drones are transforming warfare. In the naval arena, Ukraine’s maritime drones are leading the world in terms of combat application.
Northrop Grumman Corporation has built its Manta Ray uncrewed underwater vehicle, which will operate long-duration missions and carry payloads into the ocean depths in partnership with DARPA.
Ghost Shark is is optimised to carry different payloads to support different military as well as non-military missions including advanced intelligence gathering, surveillance, reconnaissance, infrastructure inspection and targeting.
S5 Agency World (S5) has announced it recently completed its first drone delivery of Cash to Master to the bulk carrier "NORD MAGELLAN", as it was anchored in Singapore.