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Navy Tests Live Fire Manned-Unmanned Teaming Exercises With LCS In Persian Gulf

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Navy Tests Live Fire Manned-Unmanned Teaming Exercises With LCS In Persian Gulf
The littoral combat ship USS Indianapolis (LCS 17) sails with two T-38 Devil Ray unmanned surface vessels (USV) and an Arabian Fox MAST-13 USV, all attached to U.S. Naval Forces Central Command’s (NAVCENT) Task Force 59, during exercise Digital Talon 2 in the Arabian Gulf, Nov. 27, 2023. (Photo: U.S. Army by Sgt. Marita Schwab)

Task Force 59 (TF-59) tested live fire exercises with manned-unmanned teaming via the Freedom-class Littoral Combat Ship USS Indianapolis (LCS-17) in the Persian Gulf, the Navy said this week. This latest exercise, Digital Talon 2.0, is the second of its kind in two months. The Navy highlighted it conducted this manned-unmanned teaming by operating LCS-17 together with three unmanned surface vehicles (USVs) and one unmanned aerial vehicle “to create a single common operating picture” or a mesh network, the Navy…

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