he British govern - Under the new strategy, the Royal Navy ment is set to un- will undergo a major transformation into T veil a long-awaited what officials describe as a “hybrid navy”, Defence Investment Plan combining conventional warships with (DIP) that will reshape the fleets of uncrewed and AI-controlled ves - country’s armed forces, sels. Plans to build the expensive Type 83 placing drones, artificial destroyers have been dropped in favour of intelligence and autono- cheaper “common combat vessels” capable mous technology at the of coordinating autonomous naval systems. heart of future m…