U.S. Navy Launches One-Way Attack Drone For First Time

U.S. Navy
Credit: U.S. Navy
The U.S. Navy on Dec. 18 announced it had for the first time fired a newly developed one-way attack drone from a ship in the Middle East, a step to reverse a threat that ships have faced for years in the region. Independence-class littoral combat ship USS Santa Barbara (LCS 32) launched the Low-cost...
Brian Everstine

Brian Everstine is the Pentagon Editor for Aviation Week, based in Washington, D.C.

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