Acting Secretary of the Navy Hung Cao has signed the Department of the Navy's new Strategy to Weaponize Data and Artificial Intelligence, establishing a roadmap to build an "AI-first" Navy and Marine Corps focused on faster decision making and maintaining maritime superiority.

According to the Navy, the strategy prioritizes accelerating operational AI, standardizing and improving data management, modernizing secure AI infrastructure, and streamlining governance so data can be turned into actionable combat advantage more quickly. It also introduces a framework intended to rapidly identify, field, and scale successful AI capabilities across the fleet.

Acting Secretary Cao said the strategy is intended to help the Department of the Navy "out-learn and out-fight any adversary" by turning information into a warfighting advantage and enabling faster, better decisions.

U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) began another round of strikes on Iranian targets approximately 30 minutes ago. This is the fifth consecutive day/night of airstrikes.

According to the Kuwaiti Army, Kuwaiti air defenses have engaged 32 one way attack drones/UAVs since yesterday's report.

Purported video showing severe damage to a bridge near Bandar Abbas, Iran, following recent U.S. airstrikes in the region has emerged, though remains unverified.

The reported damage comes a day after Iranian Armed Forces spokesman Brig. Gen. Mohammad Akraminia warned that any U.S. attacks on Iranian infrastructure would be met with strikes against infrastructure across the Gulf region, describing such a response as broader and more destructive than previous attacks.

Video from: https://x.com/Osinttechnical/status/2077857813607387138?s=20

CENTCOM has released imagery of U.S. Marines with the 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) conducting a verification boarding of the tanker M/T Wen Yao in the Gulf of Oman as part of enforcement of the ongoing U.S. naval blockade against Iran.

According to CENTCOM, U.S. forces have now redirected three commercial vessels attempting to reach Iranian ports, disabled one non-compliant vessel, and boarded one vessel to verify compliance with the blockade.

The 11th MEU is embarked aboard the USS Boxer Amphibious Ready Group (ARG), consisting of the USS Boxer (LHD-4), USS Portland (LPD-27), and USS Comstock (LSD-45), which continues to support maritime security and blockade enforcement operations in the region.

Source: https://x.com/CENTCOM/status/2077866609138393167?s=20

Purported video, not independently verified, appears to show the aftermath of an Iranian missile and drone attack on a reported U.S. military installation near Umm Qasr along the Iraq–Kuwait border.

The Kuwaiti Army is responding to yet another incoming Iranian drone and missile attack.

Purported video showing U.S. Patriot air defense interceptors being launched during an Iranian missile and drone attack on Bahrain earlier tonight.

As the United States and Iran continue exchanging strikes tonight, including reported U.S. strikes on multiple bridges near Bandar Abbas and Iranian missile and drone attacks targeting U.S. assets in Bahrain, Iraq, and Kuwait, the current aerial picture over the region, based on aircraft visible via FlightRadar24, includes a U.S. Navy P-8A "Poseidon", multiple U.S. Air Force KC-135 "Stratotankers" and KC-46A "Pegasus" aerial refueling aircraft, as well as an unidentified U.S. Air Force aircraft orbiting over the United Arab Emirates (UAE).

This represents only a portion of the overall air picture, as many military aircraft are not visible on public flight-tracking services. Additional U.S. military aircraft are almost certainly operating throughout the region.