 The U.S. Naval Forces Central Command is conducting exercise Digital Talan version 2, in the international waters around the Arabian Peninsula. November 27. During the exercise, U.S. Naval Forces Central Command's Task Force 59. The Navy's first unmanned and artificial intelligence task force. Demonstrated the ability of unmanned platforms to pair with. Traditionally crude ships and manned unmanned teaming to identify and target simulated hostile forces at sea. The exercise is improving the lethality and combat capabilities of unmanned surface vehicles. The U.S. 5th Fleet's area of operations includes Arabian Gulf Red Sea Gulf of Oman Gulf of Aden Arabian Sea parts of the Indian Ocean. The U.S. 5th Fleet's headquarters are located at NSA Bahrain in Manama, Bahrain. Unmanned surface vehicles are also known as drone boats, drone ships, or sea drones. They can operate with varying levels of autonomy, from remote control to fully autonomous. Unmanned surface vehicles have been used in military applications since the 1920s.