Glimpse into UAV Naval Warfare Exercise 

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Armed forces around the world are looking at ways to adopt drone technology on the battlefield. In applications ranging from front-line re-supply to reconnaissance – as well as tactical use – drones can carry out a number of mission-critical tasks. 

A new video reveals some of the ways in which drones might soon be helping Britain’s naval forces. The UK Royal Marines has put a number of drone technologies to the test for various missions within the framework of the LRG(X) – the Littoral Response Group (Experimentation), a series of nine major exercises which tested out some 40 different technologies. The purpose was to evaluate their usefulness for the Royal Navy and Royal Marines, as reported by Dronedj.com.

Taking place late last year, the exercises provided the opportunity to test how technology can modernize reconnaissance and logistics on the battlefield: