BLUF
Australia should scale autonomous maritime capabilities by leveraging distributed domestic industry. Small, modular, and easily maintained vessels like the Sea Archer can provide resilience, adaptability, and rapid iteration, enabling sovereign, scalable autonomy.Learning Outcomes
- Understand how distributed domestic industry can support rapid, resilient maritime autonomous capability.
- Recognise the operational and industrial benefits of small modular autonomous vessels.
- Apply lessons from maritime autonomy to broader Australian defence innovation and capability development strategies.
