
The U.S., Australia and U.K. partners recently completed a three-week-long experimentation exercise with AUKUS Pillar II autonomous capabilities, Autonomous Warrior 24, the Navy said Thursday. The Autonomous Warrior 24 exercise took place in Jervis Bay, Australia as part of the Maritime Big Play (MBP) initiative, a trilateral collaborative effort to improve maritime awareness for all three countries using networked autonomy, decision advantage and enhanced strike, according to the U.S. Navy. While Pillar I of AUKUS focuses on nuclear-powered attack submarine…