Royal Navy Plans to Use Hybrid Fleet to Keep Pace with Russia in High North

The Royal Navy will use its hybrid fleet, enhanced with autonomous and uncrewed vessels, to keep pace with Russia in the High North and North Atlantic, according to the service’s transformation plan. First Sea Lord Gen. Gywn Jenkins, head of the Royal Navy, outlined the service’s Hybrid Navy transformation plan last week in a Wednesday speech at the Royal United Services Institute in London. The First Sea Lord stated that the RN’s Hybrid Navy will be geared towards the North Atlantic and High North, reflecting the priorities of the Strategic Defense Review and the U.K.’s geography. “This is where our