Project Cetus is a crewless submarine being developed by the

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. Named after

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, a mythological sea monster, the project is funded by the Anti-Submarine Warfare Spearhead programme, run by the Royal Navy's “Develop Directorate” from their headquarters in

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, and delivered through the Submarine Delivery Agency in

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. Submarines are designed and constructed by tech company MSubs, which is based in

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References

{{UK-navy-stub Unmanned underwater vehicles Submarines of the United Kingdom