Britain’s Dreadnought-class missile submarines will use fly-by-wire

When the first of the Royal Navy’s Dreadnought-class nuclear missile submarines takes to the sea late in this decade, it will be steered by the same fly-by-wire technology used in aircraft. Called the Active Vehicle Control Management (AVCM) system, it will control all the major facets of the giant boat’s maneuvering.

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Category: Military, Technology

Tags: Royal Navy, Submarine, BAE Systems, Marine