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UK Navy forced to strip out internet connectivity from drones after finding it sent 'heartbeat communications'…

Navy drones secretly sent signals to China for several months
Kraken admits it lost confidence in its own drone platform
Chinese-made camera parts were fitted without proper origin checks

The Royal Navy has stripped internet connectivity from a fleet of K3 Scout surveillance drones after cameras were found sending signals to China.

A routine cyber vulnerability assessment uncovered so-called heartbeat communications passing between the drones' cameras and an IP address located in China.

The vessels, used by the Coastal Forces Squadron and 47 Commando, form part of a £12 million fleet purchased since March 2026.

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Kraken Technology Group, the British defence contractor that supplied the K3 Scout drones, sourced the cameras from a third-party manufacturer based overseas.

The company had reportedly given assurances about the security of those components before they were ever fitted onto the vessels.

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