US Navy uses cutting-edge new drone boat to rescue Apache pilots who crashed near Strait of Hormuz
A US drone boat conducted a first-of-its-kind rescue mission to save the crew of an American Apache helicopter that crashed near the Strait of Hormuz on Monday, the military said.
The unmanned vessel, powered by artificial intelligence, located the crew who had been stuck for two hours in the waters off the coast of Oman, bringing them to shore, the Wall Street Journal reported.
The operation marks the first time a high-tech US Navy drone deployed to the Middle East was used to conduct a rescue mission.
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The military is currently investigating if the helicopter was shot down by Iranian forces as tensions remain high along the Strait of Hormuz.
The Navy previous deployed a Seahawk medium unmanned surface vessel (MUSV) with an aircraft carrier group.
