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Now is the time to prepare for autonomous undersea conflict.

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.

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Our premium research service provides comprehensive coverage of autonomous undersea systems and operations, including:

• Platforms, payloads, procurements, CONOPs, industry trends, and scientific research.

• Underwater sensor, communication, energy, and data processing technologies, including machine learning and artificial intelligence.

• The convergence of mines, torpedoes, and UUVs, and the evolution of mine warfare in an era of renewed strategic competition.

• The strategic, operational, and tactical employment of autonomous undersea systems, including their integration into intelligence, combat, and special operations, as well as joint warfighting concepts and emerging operating models such as Distributed Maritime Operations (DMO) and Expeditionary Advanced Base Operations (EABO).

• The implications of autonomous undersea combat operations for the current strategic environment, from great power competition, to rogue and nonstate threats, to the gray zone.

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CURRENT INTELLIGENCE DISPATCHES
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‣ 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
Bimonthly deep dives into topics and issues of concern, including richly engaging narratives to inform and enhance your wargaming, tabletop exercises, or roundtable discussions, such as:

‣ 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

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Access to detailed briefing books on subjects related to autonomous undersea systems and operations, such as:

‣ Offensive Mine Warfare
‣ Seabed Warfare
‣ Combat AUVs
‣ Blended Wing Gliders
‣ Undersea Cyber

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