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Black Sea Drone Combat Acting As U.S. Navy Battle Lab, Beyond Experimentation To Operationalization, Admiral Says

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Black Sea Drone Combat Acting As U.S. Navy Battle Lab, Beyond Experimentation To Operationalization, Admiral Says
A Ukrainian Magura V5 maritime strike drone. (Image: Defense Intelligence of Ukraine, Main Directorate of Intelligence of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine)

The Navy’s senior official leading maritime security assistance to Ukraine said their experience defending against Russia’s invasion is informing U.S. operations as a kind of battle lab and argued unmanned systems have moved from the experimentation stage to operationalization and rehearsal. Speaking during a panel at the Center for Strategic and International Studies in January posted by the think tank on Feb. 27, Rear Adm. Michael Mattis said the way Ukraine and Russia have used and defended against unmanned systems…

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