UK plans 'Hybrid Navy' with Type 91-94 uncrewed vessels as distributed fleet

The UK Defense Investment Plan outlines a shift to a 'Hybrid Navy' pairing crewed warships with multiple new classes of large uncrewed surface and underwater vessels (Type 91 missile 'floating magazine', Type 92 ASW sensor platform, Type 93 XLUUV with sensors/weapons, Type 94 air-defense sensor platform). The novelty is the planned distributed, networked maritime air-defense and ASW architecture that could replace traditional destroyer roles with autonomous adjuncts and modular payloads.