The U.S. Navy will expand its unmanned systems experimentation testbed to U.S. 4th Fleet to counter both drug trafficking and China’s illegal fishing, service officials announced Tuesday. The service plans to export its unmanned platforms and artificial intelligence testing in U.S. 5th Fleet under the Task Force 59 template to U.S. Southern Command as part […]
The commander of the U.S. Navy in the Middle East is pitching more countries in the region to use more unmanned systems to counter criminal activities and possible terrorist and military threats off their coasts, the service’s top officer in Central Command told reporters Monday. Working together, the members of the Gulf Cooperation Council in […]
Guided-missile destroyer USS Delbert D. Black (DDG-119) and two Saildrone Explorer unmanned surface vessels operated by U.S. 5th Fleet participated in a three-day maritime exercise led by the International Maritime Security Construct, the Navy announced Monday. The destroyer and two drones were part of exercise Sentinel Shield, completed by IMSC’s Coalition Task Force, according to a […]