
The commander of 5th Fleet last week said the Navy is expanding unmanned operations under his command, leading up to the largest unmanned exercise in the world later this month. “Two weeks from now…we’ll be commencing IMX 22, International Maritime Exercise ‘22. It’s our largest exercise, biannual exercise, 60 nations participating, pretty remarkable. 10 of those nations are bringing unmanned platforms. It’ll be the largest unmanned exercise in the world,” Vice Adm. Brad Cooper, commander of 5th Fleet and Naval…