The verified answer
As of Oct 2026, DEPLOY verifies Royal Navy: 1 model, 1 deployment across 1 region. 1 source back the record.
CategoryMaritime
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Regional ecosystem
Royal Navy is one of 117 verified robotics companies in the United Kingdom →
Key facts
HQ
Focus
Technology
Data & sources
Web sources
1
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Models (1)
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Every company Royal Navy has built with, alongside the ones only announced in a press release.
Royal Navy on the deployment map
View the global map1 verified deployment across 1 region, newest verified Jan 2023. Explore where Royal Navy's robots are operating, by place and type.
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Relationships
Current leadership (1)
- Gwyn Jenkins First Sea Lordsecondary-verified
Safety record
No incidents on record for Royal Navy.
Only active incidents are counted. Retracted incidents are excluded from this summary but remain reachable at their canonical URLs.
Full safety record: incidents, sourcing, and exposure data →
Operator customers (1)
- Royal Navy1 deployment
Recent coverage
Royal Navy in third-party press
Royal Navy says Excalibur launches heavyweight torpedo in AUKUS trial using QinetiQ’s Scottish range and uncrewed targets
Royal Navy says BAE Systems’ new Govan paint hall will speed Type 26 frigate construction and reduce shipyard disruption
Historic first as Royal Navy launches torpedo from uncrewed submarine, XV Excalibur
Peer companies
- Cellula Robotics3 models
- Huntington Ingalls Industries2 models
- Ukrainian Armed Forces2 models
- ABB Marine & Ports1 model
- Andrenam1 model
- Babcock International1 model
Financial state
- Reporting basis
- private_reported
- Lifecycle stage
- mature
- Counterparty risk class
- low
Each numeric field carries its own basis marker. Aggregators report a number; this surface preserves the source class so verification depth travels with the value.
Partnerships
4 total · 3 operating · 1 just announced
Every company Royal Navy has built with, alongside the ones only announced in a press release.
Most recent
All 4 partnerships
open in the atlas →- royal-navy x nvidiawithNVIDIA1112technology—just announced
- technology—operating
- Royal Navy x BAE Systems Type 26 FrigatewithBAE Systemsdevelopment—operating
- Royal Navy x Thales UK Comms SystemswithThales UKdeployment—operating
Recent activity
Every change to this record is dated, sourced, and independently verified where marked.
- Record createdJun 11, 2026
Added to the verified registry
- Deployment verifiedVerifiedJan 1, 2023
RNMB Harrier at Faslane, United Kingdom
Sources (1)
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Methodology: Verified · 1 source (no primary) · last reviewed 2026-08-21
Verification posture
Verified
Low confidence
Review state
Stable
Last reviewed 2026-08-21
Sources by quality tier
- 1
- unclassified
- Unclassified source
The framework is documented at /methodology. Corrections at /corrections. Reviewer: DEPLOY editorial team.
Methodology surface for Royal Navy.Peer companies
- Cellula Robotics3 models
- Huntington Ingalls Industries2 models
- Ukrainian Armed Forces2 models
- ABB Marine & Ports1 model
- Andrenam1 model
- Babcock International1 model
In the press
Recent coverage mentioning Royal Navy from third-party publications. Automatically surfaced; not part of the verified registry record.
Royal Navy says Excalibur launches heavyweight torpedo in AUKUS trial using QinetiQ’s Scottish range and uncrewed targets
The firing, supported by QinetiQ, marks the Royal Navy’s first torpedo launch from an uncrewed submarine.
Royal Navy says BAE Systems’ new Govan paint hall will speed Type 26 frigate construction and reduce shipyard disruption
BAE Systems has brought a new paint facility into use at its Govan shipyard to accelerate construction of the Royal Navy’s Type 26 frigates.
Historic first as Royal Navy launches torpedo from uncrewed submarine, XV Excalibur
For the first time, a Royal Navy robot submarine has successfully fired a torpedo in a milestone trial pushing the boundaries of undersea warfare off Scotland. Royal Navy press…
UK confirms British shipyards to build floating naval docks
The government has confirmed that new floating docks for the Royal Navy’s submarine base at Faslane will be constructed by British shipyards. The post UK confirms British…
Royal Navy sends HMS Agamemnon to sea, advancing Britain’s sixth Astute-class nuclear attack submarine towards frontline duty
HMS Agamemnon, Britain’s sixth Astute-class nuclear-powered attack submarine, has left BAE Systems’ Barrow-in-Furness shipyard for the first time and begun sea trials.
Royal Navy’s 6th Astute-Class SSN HMS Agamemnon Begins Sea Trials
Royal Navy attack submarine HMS Agamemnon (S124) has departed BAE Systems Barrow for sea trials, nearly two years after her initial launch in October 2024. The post Royal Navy’s…
VOYANT Demonstrates Software-Defined Approach to Strengthen ASW Operations
Voyant has successfully demonstrated how advanced software can unlock significantly greater capability from existing sonar systems as part of a UK Ministry of Defence’s Programme…
Royal Navy successfully launches US Mk 48 torpedo from uncrewed submersible
Last week, the Royal Navy successfully launched a U.S.-made Mk 48 Heavyweight Torpedo from a British Excalibur uncrewed underwater vehicle.
Teledyne Marine Announces New Plymouth Vehicles Service Facility
Teledyne Marine announced plans to open a new Vehicles Support Centre in Plymouth in October 2026/ With the lease signed, keys in hand, and site preparations underway, the…
TKMS ATLAS UK secures Royal Navy NGCM torpedo defence contract
TKMS ATLAS UK has been awarded the contract for the UK Ministry of Defence’s (MoD) Next Generation Countermeasure (NGCM) programme, intended to equip the Royal Navy’s submarine…
UK must focus on the Atlantic, ‘foundation’ of Britain’s security: Navy chief
The Royal Navy is spending a growing amount of time and resources to monitor Russian vessels, on average devoting two British warships every week to it.
Britain commits £1.5 billion to Atlantic Bastion to counter Russian submarines and protect critical undersea cables and pipelines
Britain will invest an additional £1.5 billion over four years in Atlantic Bastion, a Royal Navy programme designed to track Russian submarines and protect critical infrastructure…
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Peer companies
- Cellula Robotics3 models
- Huntington Ingalls Industries2 models
- Ukrainian Armed Forces2 models
- ABB Marine & Ports1 model
- Andrenam1 model
- Babcock International1 model
Video
Britain's Ministry of Defence announced at least six Common Combat Vessel hybrid warships to replace Type 45 destroyers, with first ships expected in the early
UK - Top 10 Most Advanced Warships in the Royal Navy! What does it really take to project absolute military power across the globe? For the United Kingdom, the
Heat Index
Serious58/100
A composite of competitive footprint, funding, press velocity, active partnerships, and supply-chain edges. Different from the Intelligence score below (which is per-form-factor productization). Non-robotics companies cap at 25.
Reality vs attention
Royal Navy draws attention at the 92nd percentile but verifies reality at the 4th percentile among maritime robots. Hype Gap +88.2, 1st widest among maritime robots.
6-month trend
Analysis
Clean safety record across 1 verified deployment. Meaningful press and media coverage across the period. Deployment footprint remains limited relative to category peers.
Signal flags
Dimension breakdown
Verified signal
Attention (reach, not merit)
DEPLOY Intelligence scores are computed from verified registry data: confirmed deployments, disclosed funding rounds, regulatory filings, active job listings, video viewership, and press coverage. Confidence ratings reflect data availability. Scores update nightly.
DEPLOY Indices — verified vs claimed
Last computed: Oct 2, 2026