UK and US make first-ever torpedo test from uncrewed vessel

Royal Navy Submariners of the HMS Agamemnon nuclear submarine speak during a joint visit of Britain's Prime Minister Keir Starmer and Britain's Defence Secretary John Healey, in Barrow-in-Furness, United Kingdom, 20 March 2025. © Oli Scarff, AFP

The United Kingdom and the United States have for the first time test-fired a torpedo from an uncrewed underwater vessel, the UK government said Monday, marking a step forward in AUKUS efforts to develop autonomous naval technology.

Britain and the United States have for the first time test-fired a torpedo from an uncrewed undersea vessel rather than a crewed submarine, the UK government announced Monday.