US Navy USV used for personnel recovery after AH-64 crash near Hormuz

A U.S. Navy uncrewed surface vessel (USV) reportedly located and rescued the crew of a downed U.S. Army AH-64 Apache near the Strait of Hormuz. The article frames this as the first known instance of a drone boat conducting a personnel recovery action within a military search-and-rescue operation, suggesting a new CSAR concept using pre-positioned USVs to reduce risk to manned rescue forces in contested areas.