The article gave an inside look at how the ideas the US has put into motion are progressing. “In an operations room at the Bahrain naval base packed with screens and computers, Captain Colin Corridan, commander of Task Force 59 which is responsible for deploying the new USVs, said a lot of the footage and information collected from the sea robots is synthesized by artificial intelligence to ease the burden on humans.
"The USVs are made by Canadian, Israeli and US companies, among others, and cost from $800,000 to $3 million. They range in size from slow-moving solar-powered buoys to large unmanned speed boats," the Bloomberg piece noted.
Last November, US Central Command announced some of these efforts. US 5th Fleet operates out of Bahrain and is a key naval component of the US Central Command, often called Navcent. “The three-week unmanned and artificial intelligence integration event Digital Horizon 2022 involves employing new platforms in the region for the first time,” Central Command noted in November.
At the time, the US put out a graphic showing all the new unmanned vessels that were being examined. “The three-week unmanned and artificial intelligence integration event, beginning November 23, will involve employing new platforms in the region for the first time,” the US said. The graphic showed one vessel that could sail for months called the Data Xplorer, and it showcased a Saildrone which looks like a windsurfing vehicle without a person; as well as something called the Devil Ray that can supposedly go 100 knots. READ MORE
