U.S. Navy Uncrewed Task Force Adding UAVs To Its Fleet

A Mantas T-12 unmanned surface vessel, front, operates alongside U.S. Coast Guard patrol boat USCGC Maui during an exercise in the Arabian Gulf.

Credit: U.S. Central Command
The U.S. Navy’s new effort to link uncrewed assets across the Middle East for improved maritime surveillance will grow next month when the service includes uncrewed aircraft along with more vessels for an expansion in numbers and capability. The effort, called Task Force 59, was stood up last year...
Brian Everstine

Brian Everstine is the Pentagon Editor for Aviation Week, based in Washington, D.C. Before joining Aviation Week in August 2021, he covered the Pentagon for Air Force Magazine. Brian began covering defense aviation in 2011 as a reporter for Military Times.

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