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South Korea has set a nuclear-submarine target for the mid-2030s. The Jang Bogo N plan puts naval reactors, submarine construction, systems integration, and long-term sustainment into a single domestic industrial programme.
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HII has highlighted REMUS and ROMULUS autonomy at Farnborough event. The showcase links unmanned underwater vehicles, autonomous surface vessels, control software, and UK sustainment capacity around allied naval autonomy.
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Boeing’s MQ-25A Stingray has now cleared low-rate initial production approval. The decision moves the carrier-based unmanned tanker from development toward controlled production, testing the industrial base behind naval aviation autonomy.
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Royal Navy Wildcats have trained with drones in Norwegian fjords. The exercise expanded maritime surveillance, targeting, and force-protection tactics while testing how uncrewed aircraft can feed information into helicopter operations.
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BMT has outlined command challenges for future hybrid naval fleets. As crewed ships, uncrewed vessels, distributed sensors, and autonomous systems converge, command tools and simulation environments are becoming core naval requirements.
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Spain has tested naval helicopter-drone teaming with Airbus maritime systems. The trial linked an H135, Flexrotor, A900 drone, patrol vessel, and combat management tools during a maritime surveillance and target-tracking exercise.
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Sweden’s selection of Naval Group’s FDI frigate for the future Luleå class strengthens Franco-Swedish naval cooperation while exposing the hard production trade-offs facing European shipbuilders competing on delivery speed, design maturity, and air-defence integration.
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Saronic is preparing to support Taiwan’s unmanned maritime requirements with autonomous surface vessels and AI-enabled command-and-control, adding another layer to Taiwan’s fast-expanding domestic and partner-supported maritime defence production base.
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Hanwha Aerospace has shown the KAAV-II prototype, pushing South Korea’s marine vehicle programme into a more demanding phase built around high-speed amphibious mobility, unmanned turret integration, survivability, and serial production readiness.
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Raytheon will develop software-defined radar capability for future naval sensors. The work supports multi-mission operation and improved spectrum sharing for U.S. Navy systems.