Navy acquisition reforms upended a $2.1 billion contract competition. When it was over, several companies with ties to the Trump administration had made the cut.

A Corsair drone boat pulled two downed Apache pilots from the Gulf of Oman after two hours in the water — too dangerous a spot for a manned helicopter. Days earlier, three of the same Louisiana-built boats struck a submarine at Iran's Bandar Abbas base,

At least 207 people have been killed since the Trump administration began targeting those it calls "narcoterrorists" in September.

The Royal Navy proved that Unmanned Surface Vessels (USV) can survive at sea after an airdrop and without support from ports or manned vessels. The Royal Navy announced on Jul. 8, 2026 that it airdropped an Unmanned Surface Vessel (USV) from an A400M in the North Sea,

Secretary of State Marco Rubio defended U.S. military strikes on boats in the Caribbean Sea and Pacific Ocean during a Senate hearing June 2, saying the Defense Department determined the strikes’ legality and based its decisions on intelligence information

Autonomous boats helped escort a U.S. Army vessel during a military exercise, in a demonstration of how uncrewed assets are changing maritime operations.