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Latest 5th Fleet Unmanned Exercise Tests Remote Launch And Launching a Drone Off USV

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Latest 5th Fleet Unmanned Exercise Tests Remote Launch And Launching a Drone Off USV
The Avenger-class mine countermeasures ship USS Devastator (MCM 6) sails alongside an unmanned surface vessel, attached to U.S. Naval Forces Central Command’s Task Force 59, during exercise Digital Talon 3.0 in the U.S. Central Command area of responsibility on Nov. 5. (Photo: U.S. Army)

The Navy’s 5th Fleet group that focuses on unmanned testing conducted another iteration of unmanned tests, this time with remote launch of a loitering munitions and the take-off and landing of another drone off an unmanned surface vessel (USV). On Nov. 5, Task Group (TG) 59.1 conducted Digital Talon 3.0, the third iteration of this type of exercise in the fleet’s area of operations in the Middle East. The Navy said this time they tested the electronic and mechanical effectiveness…

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