Project CABOT

[martinbayer]

That was a 1960s proposal from McDonnell Douglas and has nothing whatsoever to do with the RN's current proposals.

I did not claim there was a relation - I am simply struggling with the need for a hypersonic manned interceptor in the context of the GIUK Gap.

 

[martinbayer]

?!?

See e.g. https://www.secretprojects.co.uk/th...-studies-sami-adli-hsv.128/page-5#post-246783

 

[Scott Kenny]

The obvious title would be Project CABOT, at least to my mind, given that this forum tends to prefer naming threads for the projects they discuss. Perhaps Project CABOT: Type 92 UUV, Type 93 USV, and associated infrastructure to capture the platforms involved.

Oooh, seconded!

 

[Grey Havoc]

Royal Navy seeks industry input to integrate drones to fleet

The Royal Navy is seeking industry input for its Strike Net programme, an initiative aimed at advancing communications, data sharing, and uncrewed systems integration in maritime operations.

ukdefencejournal.org.uk

 

[Scott Kenny]

Hey, mods? Can we add "Type 92 and Type 93" to the thread title, please?

 

[Grey Havoc]

Some elements of Project CABOT may trace their origins to what seems to have been an otherwise abortive late 2010s / early '20s Dstl and DASA project known as The Intelligent Ship:

Revisiting the Intelligent Ship

Last September, we looked at Dstl and DASA’s new competition to map out the future of naval warfare.

www.naval-technology.com

(Dstl - Defence Science and Technology Laboratory
DASA - Defence and Security Accelerator)

 

[TylrrTylrr]

Thought I’d post this screenshot, a new representation of the first stage of Atlantic bastion.

 

[DWG]

Echoes of the Flower-class corvettes – Royal Navy’s plans to increase anti-submarine warfare mass - Navy Lookout

In this guest article, Tom Hoyland considers the parallels between mass-produced wartime corvettes and today’s uncrewed systems as a means to increase anti-submarine effect. The North Atlantic has always been a brutal arena for naval warfare, a vast, unforgiving expanse where submarines lurk and...

www.navylookout.com

 

[DWG]

https://www.royalnavy.mod.uk/news/2025/december/08/20251208-1sl-sea-power-conference-speech

First Sea Lord's speech to the International Sea Power Conference, discussing Atlantic Bastion, Atlantic Shield, and Atlantic Strike.

 

[Reuben James]

26 proposals assessed in Atlantic NET undersea programme

Twenty six compliant industry proposals have been assessed during the first formal tendering phase of the Atlantic NET programme, the Ministry of Defence has confirmed, following parliamentary questions about the status of emerging undersea surveillance systems.

ukdefencejournal.org.uk