QinetiQ backs AUKUS autonomous submarine torpedo firing trials at BUTEC range

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QinetiQ backed AUKUS Pillar 2 trials that fired a US Navy inert Mk48 heavy torpedo from the Royal Navy’s autonomous submarine platform.
Trials at the MOD’s BUTEC range in northwest Scotland used the RN’s XV Excalibur XLUUV, signaling allied payload interoperability.
Hammerhead uncrewed surface vessels served as targets, marking first range use for the torpedo, the XLUUV, and Hammerhead.

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QinetiQ backs AUKUS autonomous submarine torpedo firing trials at BUTEC range

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