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Fourth Fleet Means To ‘Operationalize’ Unmanned Systems For Months At A Time

Fourth Fleet Means To ‘Operationalize’ Unmanned Systems For Months At A Time
Sailors and civilian mariners launch a Wave Glider Unmanned Surface Vehicle from the fantail of expeditionary fast transport ship USNS Burlington (T-EPF 10) in the Caribbean Sea as a part of the UNITAS U.S. Naval Forces Southern Command/U.S. 4th Fleet Unmanned Integration Campaign. (Photo: U.S. Navy by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Conner Foy)

The U.S. Fourth Fleet intends to continue using unmanned systems in exercises not to just test them out, but figure out how to fully operationalize them in action, according to the commander. In April, Secretary Carlos Del Toro and Adm. Mike Gilday, Chief of Naval Operations, announced the Navy will build off success in Central Command’s Task Force 59 (CTF 59) testing and use of unmanned systems and artificial intelligence (AI) by expanding similar work to the Fourth Fleet in…

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