Royal Navy ships from Portsmouth use artificial intelligence to defend against missile attack for the first time

June 1, 2021

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Leading-edge software is being tested by two Portsmouth-based warships at sea against live missiles during the largest exercise of its type off the coasts of Scotland and Norway.

Involving more than 3,000 military personnel, Formidable Shield tests the ability of Nato warships to detect, track and defeat incoming missiles, from sea-skimming weapons travelling at twice the speed of sound just above the waterline, to ballistic missiles.

Three Royal Navy warships are taking part in the exercise, which runs until early June: destroyer HMS Dragon and two frigates, Lancaster and Argyll.

HMS Lancaster and Dragon, which are based in Portsmouth, are trialing artificial intelligence and machine learning applications which offer a glimpse of the future of air defense at sea…


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