The Royal Navy achieved a landmark milestone in early June 2026 by launching the BAE Systems Nyan one-way effector from the experimental vessel XV Patrick Blackett off the Dorset coast, marking the first strike-capable drone fired from a moving ship at sea. Personnel from 26 Regiment Royal Artillery and 744 Naval Air Squadron operated the Callen-Lenz drone via a Threod Cata pneumatic launcher, setting a flight profile from the bridge before the expendable aircraft reached its target and ditched. This proof-of-concept trial under Project VANTAGE validates integrating low-cost, long-range kamikaze drones with naval pneumatic systems, enabling hybrid forces combining crewed warships with uncrewed effectors. While the Nyan is operationally proven on land, this test phase does not yet represent fleet-wide adoption, though further trials aboard HMS Queen Elizabeth are anticipated.