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Rolls-Royce Reveals Plans for Autonomous Naval Vessel

Date: Issue 78 - November 2017

Rolls-Royce has revealed plans for an autonomous, single role, naval vessel with a range of 3500 nautical miles.

The vessel concept is capable of operating beyond the horizon for over 100 days, will displace 700 tones and reach speeds above 25 knots. The 60m long vessel is designed to perform a range of single role missions, for example, patrol & surveillance, mine detection or fleet screening.