07 October 2022 U.S., UK Navies Conduct Unmanned Exercise in Arabian Gulf Naval forces from the United States and United Kingdom conducted a bilateral exercise in the Arabian Gulf, Oct. 7, which featured the use of unmanned systems and artificial intelligence to enhance maritime monitoring by crewed ships and operators ashore.
13 December 2021 NAVCENT Launches Saildrone in Gulf of Aqaba for Exercise Digital Horizon GULF OF AQABA - 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.