UK DIP outlines RN hybrid fleet with new uncrewed platform types (Type 91-94)

The UK Defence Investment Plan describes a Royal Navy “hybrid” force structure built around four new uncrewed maritime platform types (Type 92 UUV, Type 93 XLUUV, Type 94 uncrewed sensing platform, Type 91 uncrewed missile platform) tied to the Atlantic Fleet concepts (Bastion/Shield/Strike). While largely programmatic rather than combat-proven, it signals planned operational integration of autonomous underwater sensing and uncrewed strike/missile platforms as networked “outriders” for crewed ships and submarines.