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Ocius Bluebottle Hybrid USV Participates in US Navy's Maritime Big Play Pacific Exercise
Ocius' Bluebottle Hybrid Uncrewed Surface Vessel (USV) is participating in the US Navy-led Maritime Big Play Pacific exercise throughout October. This marks the first time the diesel-hybrid variant has joined a Navy exercise globally. The USVs will be equipped with ThayerMahan acoustic intelligence payloads to detect and track undersea threats. The exercise is part of an AUKUS initiative to advance the use of autonomous and uncrewed maritime systems, focusing on realistic scenarios like anti-submarine warfare.
Why it matters
The exercise is an AUKUS initiative to accelerate the operational use of autonomous and uncrewed maritime systems.
Source: Naval News — read the original
Source published 21 Oct 2026, 20:50 UTC