{"id":358364,"date":"2025-08-20T02:57:11","date_gmt":"2025-08-20T02:57:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/358364\/"},"modified":"2025-08-20T02:57:11","modified_gmt":"2025-08-20T02:57:11","slug":"great-britain-tested-an-underwater-drone-controlled-from-the-other-side-of-the-world","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/358364\/","title":{"rendered":"Great Britain tested an underwater drone controlled from the other side of the world"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Royal Navy of Great Britain successfully tested the remote control system of the extra-large uncrewed underwater vehicle (XLUUV) &#8220;Excalibur&#8221; during the &#8220;Talisman Sabre&#8221; exercises, which took place in July with the participation of Great Britain and Australia as part of the AUKUS partnership. This is reported by <b>UNN<\/b> with reference to <a href=\"https:\/\/interestingengineering.com\/military\/uk-navy-40-feet-submarine-drone\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Interesting Engineering<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Details<\/p>\n<p>For the first time, a remote control center in Australia controlled a 40-foot underwater drone, which was submerged in British waters more than 10,000 miles from its base HMNB Devonport in Plymouth. The test was part of a series of AUKUS Pillar II &#8220;Maritime Grand Game&#8221; exercises, within which the US, Great Britain, and Australia are testing the capabilities of joint use of autonomous systems at sea.<\/p>\n<p>As the publication notes, &#8220;Excalibur&#8221; specializes in autonomous underwater vehicles. It is 12 meters long, 2 meters wide, weighs about 21 tons, and is capable of performing tasks at a distance of up to 1000 miles. According to the military, the drone is not intended for combat deployment, but is used as a test platform for practicing tactics and technical requirements.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p class=\"quoteContent\" style=\"text-align:left\">This is an exciting day for the Royal Navy. &#8220;Excalibur&#8221; will be our mechanism for understanding the challenges of managing the future mixed underwater fleet<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; emphasized Rear Admiral James Parkin.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>AUKUS countries also coordinated efforts with Japan to improve underwater acoustic communication.<\/p>\n<p>Addition<\/p>\n<p>AUKUS is a trilateral defense partnership between the US, Great Britain, and Australia, announced in September 2021. It aims to strengthen security and deterrence in the Indo-Pacific region amid China&#8217;s growing influence.<\/p>\n<p>One of the key goals is to increase interoperability between the armed forces of the three countries and create conditions for their effective joint deployment in future conflicts.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"bodyLinkItem\" href=\"https:\/\/unn.ua\/en\/news\/the-us-has-signed-defense-contracts-worth-tens-of-billions-both-to-supply-the-us-army-and-to-sell-to-allies\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The US has signed defense contracts worth tens of billions, both to supply the US army and to sell to allies01.08.25, 11:53 \u2022 3953 views<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Royal Navy of Great Britain successfully tested the remote control system of the extra-large uncrewed underwater vehicle&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":358365,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5018,3,4],"tags":[748,393,4884,1144,712,16,15,1764],"class_list":{"0":"post-358364","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-britain","8":"category-uk","9":"category-united-kingdom","10":"tag-britain","11":"tag-england","12":"tag-great-britain","13":"tag-northern-ireland","14":"tag-scotland","15":"tag-uk","16":"tag-united-kingdom","17":"tag-wales"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115058851537052539","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/358364","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=358364"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/358364\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/358365"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=358364"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=358364"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=358364"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}