The Aviationist: U.S. Employs Armed Surface Drones In Combat For The First Time During Strikes On Iranian Naval Base

Posted: 15th July 2026

U.S. Employs Armed Surface Drones In Combat For The First Time During Strikes On Iranian Naval Base

2026-07-14

The attack on Bandar Abbas marked the first confirmed combat use of U.S. unmanned surface vessels (USVs), with three Saronic Corsair drone boats striking a submarine and ship maintenance facility. The U.S. military has confirmed that it employed armed Unmanned Surface Vessels (USVs) in combat for the first time on July 12, 2026. According to […]

U.S. Navy’s MQ-25A Stingray Unmanned Tanker Completes Second Test Flight

2026-07-13

The MQ-25 Stingray resumed testing with its second flight, in anticipation of the expansion of the flight envelope and validation of the autonomous flight control code ahead of carrier operations. The U.S. Navy’s production-representative MQ-25A Stingray unmanned aerial refueller conducted its second flight test, Boeing announced on Jun. 10, 2026. This comes well over two […]

Italy Leads NATO’s First Fully Multi-Domain Task Force X for the Integration of Autonomous Systems

2026-07-13

In one of NATO’s most ambitious experimentation campaigns, Task Force X – Central Mediterranean tested the integration of uncrewed capabilities across the five operational domains. From Jun. 22 to Jul. 10, 2026, Italy hosted and led Task Force X – Central Mediterranean (TFX CentMed), the latest iteration of NATO Allied Command Transformation’s (ACT) Task Force […]