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Gilday: Middle East Experiments Leading To 100 Networked Unmanned Vessels In Region

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Gilday: Middle East Experiments Leading To 100 Networked Unmanned Vessels In Region
Prince Salman bin Hamad Al-Khalifa, Crown Prince and Deputy Supreme Commander and Prime Minister of Bahrain, front center; Vice Adm. Brad Cooper, commander of U.S. Naval Forces Central Command, U.S. 5th Fleet and Combined Maritime Forces, left of previous; and Maggie Nardi, charge d’affaires, U.S. Embassy to Bahrain, left of previous, pose for a photo with U.S. and Bahrain officials at Naval Support Activity (NSA) Bahrain as International Maritime Exercise (IMX) 2022 begins on Jan. 31, 2022. (Photo: U.S. Navy by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Mark Thomas Mahmod)

The Chief of Naval Operations last week said the Navy’s 5th Fleet task force experimenting with unmanned systems in the Middle East aims to reach 100 networked unmanned platforms operating together within a year among the U.S. Navy and its partners. “Our goal is to have 100 network unmanned platforms operating together, tied together in a mesh network that delivers an understanding of what's afloat out there, whether it's in the Red Sea and the Arabian Gulf, to get to…

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