Royal Navy achieves world’s first airborne launch of an uncrewed boat for sea missions ^54.6%

interestingengineering.com - By Aamir Khollam - 7/8/2026, 11:25 PM

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The Royal Navy has successfully tested a new way to deploy uncrewed surface vessels by dropping them from a military transport aircraft, opening the door to faster maritime operations without relying on ports or support ships. Engineers and defense partners completed four live airdrops of a Kraken K3 SCOUT uncrewed surface vessel from an... more