NavyX sits within the RN’s Develop Directorate and is responsible for testing and trialling new technology with them aim of delivering new capabilities to the fleet faster than by traditional routes. Here we take an overview of NavyX’s work.
The Royal Navy’s new experimental trials vessel was formally named at a ceremony in Portsmouth on 29th July. In a follow-up to our previous article, we went onboard for a closer look and spoke with her Commanding Officer and head of NavyX.
The XV Patrick Blackett arrived in Portsmouth today. She has been bought for use by the NavyX programme as a platform for trials and experimentation with new technologies. Here we look at this vessel in detail.
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