I had a tour round the experimental vessel based in Pompey dockyard. It has all sorts of experiment kit on board and is researching management of drone swarms and the like.
XV Patrick Blackett (X01) is an experimental ship used by the Royal Navy as a testbed for new technologies, including unmanned underwater vehicles, unmanned surface vehicles and quantum navigation. Her namesake is Patrick Blackett, a Royal Navy veteran and Nobel Prize-winning British physicist.
On 3 December 2021, the Ministry of Defence published a tender seeking a ship that could be used by the Royal Navy's NavyX division for the testing and development of autonomous systems. The tender out...
Take that you seagull bastards!!!
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