Royal Navy engineers have designed a possible mid-21st-century assault by Royal Marines featuring emerging defence innovations.
A potential future assault by Royal Marines was planned by Royal Navy engineers incorporating technology such as AI, exoskeletons, and тАШinvisible commandosтАЩ. Graduates from the UK Naval Engineering Science and Technology (UKNEST) Forum were asked to create an assault plan on an enemy missile site on a clifftop.
The engineers planned the assault at the CommandoтАЩs Training Centre at Lympstone to help them understand the gear currently used in similar operations. The graduates looked at how Marines would neutralise a target, distract the enemy, and the challenges they would face.
Major Matt Perks said: тАЬThis was one of those inspiring projects that captured peoplesтАЩ imagination. The Royal Marines have always prided themselves on thinking differently, but we know we donтАЩt have all the answers when it comes to designing the Future Commando Force, so working with these incredibly talented young engineers was a chance to push the conceptual boundaries of amphibious warfare in ways we hadnтАЩt considered. The results have been spectacularly innovative.тАЭ
Engineers included technology such as:
- Exo-skeleton suits
- Ekranoplan тАШflying wingsтАЩ replacing landing craft
- тАШHolographic MarinesтАЩ to decoy the enemy
- Helmets with displays providing Marines with the latest intelligence, battlefield info and details of a squadтАЩs health and fitness levels
- Small intelligence drone
- Larger тАШgruntтАЩ drones capable of firepower or dropping ammunition, supplies and even small vehicles
- Electro-magnetic rail guns on ships firing Marines in special pods to land covertly behind enemy lines
- Boots which harvest energy as the commandos move to power radios and other equipment
- Rucksacks attached using magnets and fitted with energy damping to reduce the burden when marching
- Portable 3D printers producing food in the field
- And sleeping mats which can double up as 80in tactical display screens or solar panels to power hi-tech kit.
Engineers came up with a number of designs for new technology including drones and advanced exoskeletons. It is unknown which designs could be put into regular use in the future but technology such as advanced drones and 3D printers are being explored by the MOD.
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