3 weeks, 15 unmanned systems: Navy launches ‘Digital Horizon’ exercise in Middle East

Published on November 24, 2022

The US Navy is launching today a three-week event in the Middle East focused on employing artificial intelligence and 15 different unmanned systems, many of which the service will operate in the region for the first time.

The event, called Digital Horizon, is being hosted by Task Force 59, a group established by US 5th Fleet in September 2021 and tasked to experiment with how the service can incorporate unmanned systems into operations. Vice Adm. Brad Cooper, the officer leading 5th Fleet and overseeing the task force, has said he aims to have 100 unmanned surface vessels operating in the region by next summer. The exercise in its current form has taken place at least once before in December 2021.

 

https://breakingdefense.com/2022/11/three-weeks-15-unmanned-systems-navy-launches-digital-horizon-exercise-in-middle-east/

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