Declassified Navy Email Chain References USS Stout UAV Inter

Declassified Navy Email Chain References USS Stout UAV Interaction

A partially redacted Navy email chain titled 'USS Stout UAV Interaction' shows OPNAV N2N6 and ONI personnel coordinating a response to an RFI from the IKE N2, with a storyboard shared for situational awareness and a response requested via JWICS.

Published

September 11, 2026

Declassified

Date not listed

Source agency

The Black Vault (FOIA archive)

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Navy Email Chain Documents USS Stout UAV Interaction Inquiry

Navy email chain, released through The Black Vault FOIA archive, records an internal inquiry into what the subject line calls a "USS Stout UAV Interaction" — yet the substantive details of that encounter are absent from the material as released. The correspondence, which includes a forwarded version marked FW: USS Stout UAV Interaction, shows Navy personnel circulating information about the incident rather than describing it. Joseph F.

Gulcher, USN OPNAV N2N6, is identified in the chain as a Senior Analyst, placing the traffic within the Navy's OPNAV N2N6 office rather than an operational command. The record states that ONI received an RFI from the IKE N2, and that a storyboard was shared so recipients could maintain their own situational awareness. A response to the RFI was requested via JWICS email, with the IKE SIAC Watch Officer referenced as a point of contact.

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