Gunners have given the thumbs-up to a new gun mounting tested on HMS Argyll to destroy small, fast-moving targets. The frigate served as the testbed for a week of gunnery trials against small targets – speedboats, jet skis and the like – which are hard to hit, even with the panoply of small arms fitted to RN ships. Gunnery teams…
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Sailors take control of crewless autonomous boat in latest trials
June 1, 2021 – For the first time the Royal Navy has driven a fast stealth boat in the Solent, controlling it remotely from land. Commanded by a laptop, tablet and two sailors in a tent overlooking the water at Browndown Beach in Gosport, the MADFOX autonomous boat was used to test the theory – and practice – of operating…
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