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Ghost Shark, Ghost Bat: Australia fast-tracks autonomous warfare push in air and undersea domains

Australia is quietly building one of the world’s most ambitious autonomous warfare capabilities, with two homegrown programmes, Ghost Shark and Ghost Bat, moving from prototype to production at a pace that has caught the attention of defence analysts. . With the first Ghost Shark underwater drones set to enter service this year and the Ghost…

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US deploys uncrewed drones ‘GARC’ against Iran: What is this autonomous sea weapon capable of?

Unmanned, highspeed motorboat – GARC (Source: Blacksea) The United States has started using uncrewed drone speedboats for patrol missions in its operations against Iran, the Pentagon said. This is the first time Washington has officially confirmed using such vessels in an active conflict.These boats can be used for surveillance or even as kamikaze strike platforms….

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Indian company lays foundation of world’s 1st autonomous maritime shipbuilding centre in Andhra

NEW DELHI: A Mumbai-headquartered defence company on Thursday laid the stone-breaking ceremony of the world’s first Autonomous Maritime Shipbuilding and Systems Centre at Juvvaladinne fishing harbour in Andhra Pradesh. Sagar Defence Engineering’s project represented a major step forward in strengthening India’s indigenous defence manufacturing and advancing the nation’s maritime technological capabilities.The Andhra govt authorised the…

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