International Maritime Exercise (IMX) 2022, the Middle East region’s largest maritime exercise, commenced Jan. 31 during a ceremony at U.S. 5th Fleet’s headquarters in Bahrain.

U.S. Naval Forces Central Command (NAVCENT) began operating the Saildrone Unmanned Surface Vessel in the Gulf on Jan. 27, as part of an initiative to integrate new unmanned systems and artificial intelligence into U.S. 5th Fleet operations.

U.S. Naval Forces Central Command (NAVCENT) began operationally testing a new unmanned surface vessel (USV) in the Gulf of Aqaba, Dec. 12, as part of an initiative to integrate new unmanned systems and artificial intelligence into U.S. 5th Fleet operations.

35 surface ships and 5000 personnel from 10 countries (U.S., Pakistan, Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Jordan, Libya, ...

The U.S. Navy's newly created Task Force 59 integrated and evaluated MARTAC's MANTAS T12 unmanned surface vessels (USV) alongside manned U.S. patrol craft and Bahrain Defense Force vessels in the Arabian Gulf.

The United States Coast Guard (USCG) commissioned the 45th fast response cutter (FRC), Emlen Tunnell, Oct 15, 2021. It is the fourth of six planned FRCs stationed in Manama, Bahrain.

One key outcome of the UK government’s March 2021 Defence Command Paper ‘Defence in a competitive age’ was to set out plans for the phased replacement of the Royal Navy’s current mine countermeasures vessel fleet by a new generation of maritime autonomous systems.

On 8 September 2021, the U.S. Navy announced the commissioning of a Task Force 59, a new task force that combines manned with unmanned systems and artificial intelligence...

The U.S. Coast Guard commissioned the 44th fast response cutter (FRC), Glen Harris, Aug. 6, 2021, in Beaufort, North Carolina. Glen Harris is the third of six planned FRCs stationed in Manama, Bahrain.

Royal Navy minehunters HMS Ramsey and HMS Blyth were formally decommissioned on August 4, during a poignant ceremony at Rosyth Dockyard.