US Navy Task Force 59 Reaches Full Operational Capability, aims for 100 UXVs - YouTube

US Navy Vice Admiral Brad Cooper discusses the latest milestones of Task Force 59 (TF59) during IDEX 2023 in Abu Dhabi. TF 59 is fully operational in his keynote speech covering the unit’s progress and outlook going forward. TF 59 aims to have 100 unmanned vehicles by the summer of this year, with control of the drones split out between the U.S. and its partners in the region. TF 59 was stood up just in September 2021. With headquarters in Bahrain, it is the U.S. Navy’s first employment of unmanned aerial systems (UAS), unmanned sea vessels (USV), and unmanned underwater vehicles (UUV) in numbers that combine their capabilities with manned platforms for multidomain operations. VADM Cooper also discusses the integration of non-US systems to TF59 (such as the Seagull USV by Elbit Systems and the DriX by Exail), the cooperation with the Royal Navy and French Navy, and the forward basing of Littoral Combat Ships (LCS) in Bahrain. VADM Cooper currently serves as commander of United St