Oct 12, 2026
Certified autonomous ships, a ¥100 billion unmanned coastal defence, and a defence ministry that now wants the two to meet. Very little of it went through AUKUS.
Oct 5, 2026
The MASS Code has rules for the connection between an uncrewed ship and its remote master. It has no numbers.
Sep 28, 2026
The allies just fired a torpedo from one. The counter to someone else's still has no program of record.
Aug 24, 2026
The MASS Code went live on 1 July. Nobody's had to answer the hard question yet, and there's a specific reason why.
Jul 20, 2026
The Golden Fleet's money, contracts and hulls all arrived early. The four things that matter don't have a contract vehicle.
Jan 26, 2026
Japan proves you don't need AUKUS to build autonomous undersea tech. Allied coordination standards are diverging anyway
Jan 5, 2026
Three proven autonomous platforms heading to AUKUS navies. They don't yet talk to each other. And adversaries aren't waiting.