The U.S. Navy has used a quadcopter UAV (Unmanned Aerial Vehicle) to deliver a payload to the Ohio-class ballistic-missile submarine USS Henry M. Jackson (SSBN 730) around the Hawaiian Islands. U.S. Navy has conducted a naval exercise to evaluate the delivery of payload using a naval helicopter, drone, and MV-22B Osprey tiltrotor aircraft.
A video was also released by the U.S. Navy showing a quadcopter UAV (Unmanned Aerial Vehicle) flying over the U.S. Navy USS Henry M. Jackson (SSBN 730) submarine and dropping a payload.
The quadcopter drone took a five-pound payload consisting of circuit cards, medical supplies, and food to the Virginia-class fast-attack submarine USS Hawaii (SSN 776) while it was underway.
Us Navy; quadcopter UAV tested to deliver payload to submarines at sea