Gilday looks to expand unmanned development in Task Force 59

By Nick Wilson / August 26, 2022 at 3:45 PM
The Navy's top uniformed official said he wants to have 100 unmanned platforms operating as a cohesive network within a new unmanned task force that operates out of the Middle East by summer 2023. As the Navy implements its updated Navigation Plan, Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Michael Gilday, the plan’s author, looks to unmanned vessels and artificial intelligence as important pieces of the service’s future. Launched in September 2021 , Task Force 59 collaborates with U.S. allies and partners...

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