Drone Boats, AI and the Future of Maritime Warfare: Interviewing Vice Admiral Brad Cooper

Vice Admiral Brad Cooper, commander of U.S. Naval forces in the Middle East, established Task Force 59 to rapidly integrate commercially-made drone boats and pair them with artificial intelligence.

Over the past year, the task force has helped him get a clearer picture of what’s happening on the water, and now, the Navy says it is rolling out similar efforts in the Indo-Pacific and Central and South America.

I sat down for an exclusive interview with Admiral Cooper during the 5th Fleet’s Digital Horizon exercise in Bahrain to talk about how cutting-edge technologies like AI, drone boats and more are helping the military see from “seabed to space.”

0:00 Meet U.S. Navy Vice Admiral Brad Cooper
0:12 What the Navy’s “Future Fleet” looks like
0:50 Understanding the digital ocean
2:20 Iran’s attempted seizure of drones
5:06 Israel’s participation in Middle East security efforts

Check out my full story about how the Navy is using drones and artificial intelligence to see “from seabed to space” here: https://youtu.be/P2tSwngihp0

I’m Shelby Holliday, a reporter for WSJ. Subscribe to join me as I explain some of today's most pressing geopolitical events, from superpower showdowns and conflicts to supply chain snarls and natural resource struggles.

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