Exercise Lanternfish marks a significant step in allied undersea warfare integration – moving from theory and testing to live operational activity and demonstrating the growing demand for autonomous underwater systems, seabed surveillance technology and critical infrastructure protection capability. The Royal Navy has completed a six-week trilateral exercise with Australian and American naval forces to test technologies and develop common operating procedures for the protection of critical undersea infrastructure. Exercise Lanternfish, conducted across Virginia and Washington in the United States and waters off the southwestern coast of Australia, saw Royal Navy divers and hydrographic experts operate remotely-controlled and autonomous underwater systems…
