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On June 8, 2026, a 24-foot autonomous vessel built by Saronic Technologies rescued two U.S. Army Apache crew members from the waters off Oman — the first time an unmanned surface vessel has performed a personnel recovery mission for the U.S. military. The incident, which President Trump attributed to an Iranian shootdown, unfolded during Operation Epic Fury and raises questions about the cause of the crash, the rapid growth of naval drone programs, and the operational security tradeoffs of publicizing new unmanned capabilities in a contested theater.