‘Arctic Hunter’ meets British Navy requirements… Based on commercial fishing boat hull
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The Royal Navy is requesting the Type 92 anti-submarine unmanned vessel as part of its plan for a next-generation manned and unmanned hybrid fleet.
(Seoul = Yonhap News) Norwegian maritime technology company Kongsberg Maritime has unveiled the design of 'Arctic Hunter', a next-generation anti-submarine unmanned surface vehicle (USV) capable of monitoring and tracking Russian submarines in the Arctic Circle.
According to military media such as The War Zone on the 9th (local time), this project was developed to meet the 'Type 92 anti-submarine unmanned vehicle' requirements' of the Royal Navy's next-generation manned and unmanned hybrid fleet plan.
The biggest feature of the Arctic Hunter USV is that it abandons the warship construction method of completely redesigning the weapon system and builds it based on the hull of a proven 184-foot (approximately 56 m) long Arctic commercial fishing vessel (trawler).
The Arctic Hunter is scheduled to be deployed by the end of the 2020s and then operated at a forward support base within the Arctic Circle. Take a look at the video.
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