Understanding Unmanned Naval Systems

We have spent a lot of time talking about Combat Collaborative Aircraft, or CCA. On this episode, Aaron sat down with Billy Byrne, the Director of Strategy for Defense at Saildrone. The two talked about the future of unmanned naval systems, the lessons learned from Ukraine’s operations in the Black Sea, the challenges of operating in the Indo-Pacific, and the need to have both endurance and to “pack a punch” in naval combat. Explore more from Behind the Front here. Get full access to FPRI Insights at fpriinsights.substack.com/

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Understanding Unmanned Naval Systems is an episode from Chain Reaction by FPRI.

This episode is 26:54 long.

This episode was published on Dec 8, 2025.

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