In the wake of the incident, a Centcom spokesperson told DefenseScoop that “U.S. operations in area waters continue.”

“We want to bring this thing forward because of the fact that, although we have plenty of MQ-9As today, we are going through them at a rate…

Bahrain has been a key location and innovation hub for the U.S. Navy.

The point, according to the NETCOM commander, was so that “theaters in crisis can focus on the crisis, and theaters outside of that crisis can focus on…

Hung Cao warned sailors, Marines and Navy civilians about a "deliberate effort to gather intelligence, test our defenses, disrupt our operations, and intimidate our force."

Experts from both companies demonstrated the hardware and briefed a small group of reporters on the underlying technologies.

Along with replenishing munitions stockpiles, the supplemental request supports two key Space Force programs, drones, cybersecurity and autonomy.

It marks the U.S. military’s first publicized use of an unmanned surface vessel to recover aircrew in real-world warfare.

Joint Interagency Task Force 401 noted in its press release that these systems “are currently being employed by forces operating in U.S. Central Command.”

“We've handed our warfighters a Ferrari, and my only sleepless nights come from … making sure we never, ever run out of the high-octane fuel that they…