http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-41073693 Royal Navy submarines

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>>35010358

1. Nautilus 100 mothership

Based on a hybrid between a whale shark and a manta ray, the mothership's hull would be 3D-printed and built from super-strong alloys and acrylics, with surfaces that can morph in shape.

With tunnel drive propulsion similar to a Dyson bladeless fan, it could travel at 150 knots, sucking water through the bow and expelling it from the stern.

A crew of 20 would live on board, and the vessel could dock at underwater stations based around the world.

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2. Eel unmanned vehicles

Launched from weapons bays on the mothership and themselves armed, these submarines would travel hundreds of miles in near-silence using sine wave propulsion.

Their main purpose would be to eject individual sensor pods that use lasers to communicate with each other, forming an underwater communication network.

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3. Dissolvable micro drones

These gizmos would be launched from the eel vessels in large groups, and could be directed to block uptakes and intakes on enemy craft, rendering them inoperative.

They could carry out reconnaissance, shadow foreign submarines or undertake escort duties.

Made from saltwater soluble polymers - like capsules for washing machines - they can be dissolved when secrecy demands.

>>35010371
>sucking water throgh the bow snd expelling it from the stern

Neat.

Then it gets torpd by one of the actual silent real subs that have been following it ever since it left port because its a giant loud pumpjet

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4. Flying fish drones


A replacement for torpedoes, these provide an adaptable weapon system to attack ships, submarines or even targets on dry land.

Their payloads would include cluster missiles, electromagnetic pulses or shockwave emitters.

Operating in and above the surface of the water, they would be especially hard to detect with radar systems owing to the "noise" created by choppy waters.

If detected, they could immediately use plasma batteries to dive for the safety of the deeps.

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>>35010358
>Twenty scientists and engineers aged 16 to 34 were challenged to "visioneer" a new generation of underwater craft.

Piss off.

>>35010405
in china 16 year old kids are press ganged into build warships

In the west 16 year olds plagiarize RTS units

my thoughts are that this is pretty cool. remember the dolphin bot from a few years ago, or the aquatic snake bot? i think these guys just saw those vids and got funding to sit on their asses and pay for nice cgi wallpapers. it's obvious where the next generations of subaquatic is heading, because nature solved these energy problems a long time ago. how fucking huge is a blue whale- it travels with that weight on krill alone and still has excellent mobility and can dive and ascend with ease. torpedo is the obvious implication here, imagine a 2ton warhead that's as agile as a dolphin and runs on battery! small bots can serve to detect subs in offshore channel entrances. intelligent, independent anti-ship mines, that can idle for months or maybe 2 years at a time. bots that can shadow ships or fleets. i think all of this is already in progress at some level, but the environment doesn't demand them yet. we're still blowing up mohammad's and occupying shitholes.

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>>35010423
Literally.

>be RN top brass
>told your have to go and see some new "visioneering" at your local University and not to laugh in thier faces for "muh feels"
>turn up to see some shit you see your 11 year old son drawing in school
>smile patiently as 20 year old grad with no real world engineering knowledge tells you how the laws of physics will be broken and 60 odd years of submarine engineering is nonsense
>go home and feel comfy as fuck knowing that the new real world boomer is being made a few hundred miles away

How this probably went down...

>>35010587
>real boomer
>collide with undetected russian sub just off your primary deep water port
>say nothing for 40 years

>>35010611
>be USS Greeneville
>kill Japanese fishermen

Shit happens, humans are humans.

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>>35010358
>>35010378
>Dissolvable micro drones

Remember, we don't just brainstorm to find good ideas, was also do it to find shit ones so we can bury them and the fuckwit that "visioneered" it in a big hole.
Although tbf, the idea of an AUV using bio-inspired movement is neat if not particularly original. The US navy is looking at using marine gliders as a way of stalking quiet SSK's in the littoral zone.

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>>35010358
>bbc