UK Launches ‘Atlantic Net’ to Track Russian Submarines and Protect Undersea Cables

The UK is moving ahead with a £90 million investment in autonomous underwater systems, advanced sensors and artificial intelligence to strengthen the Royal Navy’s ability to track Russian submarines and protect critical infrastructure in the North Atlantic.

The initiative, known as Atlantic Net, is the first operational phase of the Royal Navy’s broader Atlantic Bastion programme, which aims to combine crewed warships and submarines with autonomous systems to improve underwater surveillance and counter potential threats to subsea communications cables, energy networks and shipping routes.

The UK Ministry of Defence announced the investment Tuesday during the International Sea Power Conference in Oslo, Norway, alongside a framework agreement with UK-based marine robotics company Ocean Infinity Solutions. GOV.UK

Under the arrangement, Ocean Infinity will serve as the Royal Navy’s commercial mission partner, helping develop and operate a network of autonomous and remotely operated systems capable of maintaining persistent surveillance across the North Atlantic.

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