⿻podBase™
Undersea warfare is undergoing a profound transformation.
Autonomous systems are poised to redefine the nature of armed conflict beneath the waves, and their deployment in the opaque subsea domain will unfold in ways that have yet to be imagined.
Since 2016, Strikepod Systems has been monitoring the rapid evolution of unmanned undersea systems, mine warfare (MIW), and subsea/seabed warfare (SSW), equipping defense, policy, industry, and intelligence customers with the creative insights and analyses they need to anticipate the threats and opportunities of autonomous undersea operations.
We can help you navigate the challenges ahead.
podBASE™ provides comprehensive coverage of autonomous undersea systems and operations, with an emphasis on Blended Wing Body Underwater Gliders (BWBUGs), a potentially disruptive platform capable of executing nearly every emerging autonomous undersea warfare mission set, and enabling the first generation of operational Strikepods.
While we explore a broad range of technologies and CONOPs, our primary focus is on how they inform BWBUG design, performance, and employment across the strategic, operational, and tactical levels of undersea warfare, including roles in such disciplines as:
‣ Offensive Mine Warfare (MIW)
‣ Anti-Submarine Warfare (ASW)
‣ Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance (ISR)
‣ Subsea Strike
‣ Undersea Infrastructure Deployment and Defense
‣ Counterintelligence (Cyber, Denial and Deception)
The actionable insights you need.
As a podBASE™ subscriber you'll receive creative, forward-thinking, value-added analyses of issues, ideas, developments, and matters of critical interest to the undersea warfare community, all delivered directly to your inbox.
podBASE™ products are published according to a structured, 17-week (4-month) research production cycle designed to deliver consistent, focused analysis. Each cycle generates weekly Dispatches and monthly Research Reports (to occasionally include models, simulations, or microgames) centered on a relatively narrow area of inquiry. The cycle culminates in a full-length Digital Briefing Book, a comprehensive synthesis of all research and analysis.
Deliverables include:
CURRENT INTELLIGENCE DISPATCHES
Weekly insights into the missions, technologies, and tactics shaping BWBUG-enabled undersea warfare.
Samples of prior work:
‣ Ukraine Developing Combat UUV
‣ Taiwanese Combat AUV Under Development
‣ DPRK Claims to Possess a Nuclear-Armed UUV
‣ Reported Sevastopol USV Attack
‣ Estimating XLUUV Lethality
‣ AUKUS Augmented: AUVs, Mines for the RAN
‣ UKR and Guerilla Naval Warfare
‣ Sarma and Under-Ice Operations
‣ Chinese AUV Spotted at Zhuhai
INTELLIGENCE RESEARCH REPORTS
Monthly deep dives into strategic, operational, and tactical matters, including microgames, models, and simulations:
Samples of prior work:
‣ Mineswarm: An AI-Assisted Scenario Analysis
‣ A Houthi Undersea Capability
‣ China | Nuclear-Powered Undersea Swarms
‣ Chinese Research on Blended Wing Underwater Gliders
‣ Mind the Gliders
‣ Hammerhead, Orca, SSGN
‣ UMS and Port Cybersecurity
‣ Countering Poseidon
‣ Cyber in the Undersea
BRIEFING BOOKS
Three comprehensive, full-length digital publications that synthesize Dispatches and Research Reports into complete, authoritative Strikepod assessments.
Sharpen your undersea intelligence edge.
For a fraction of the cost of an in-house analyst.
☑️ Current Intelligence
☑️ Intelligence Research
☑️ Microgames, Models & Simulations
☑️ Digital Briefing Books
☑️ Full Archive
$95/month
$995/year
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