The United Kingdom (UK) Royal Navy has bolstered its mine-hunting capabilities by integrating modern uncrewed equipment into the Royal Fleet Auxiliary ship Lyme Bay in March.

Mine-hunting mothership

The UK granted Teledyne Marine a contract to deliver several autonomous ocean observing systems to the Royal Navy, including Sentinel and Slocum gliders​ and APEX floats in March

UK’s underwater vehicles

Greece ordered next-generation RAM Block 2A missiles to boost its fast attack missile craft in March

Maritime missiles 

Russian Navy’s RFS Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky B-274 diesel-electric attack submarine docked in North Jakarta

Russian Navy's RFS Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky B-274 diesel-electric attack submarine docked in North Jakarta

Stealth submarine

The US Navy announced that its latest nuclear-enabled aircraft carrier, USS Gerald R Ford (CVN 78)

The guided‑missile destroyer 

Jump naval drones

Electro-optical system

‘Warfighter' fast-attack submarine

‘Warfighter’ fast-attack submarine 

The largest military hovercraft

Sea Baby drones 

The largest military hovercraft China is producing a distinctive Zubr-class hovercraft, the largest ever built. It can carry 500 troops, or 10 lighter armoured vehicles, at speeds of over 55 knots, according to the Naval News report in March. They pr

The largest military hovercraft 

US vessels

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Below are pictures of naval technology and modern defence maritime weapons as featured in Blueprint May 2026

Power arcade: Naval technology

Written By

Jaisal Kaur