Unmanned aerial vehicles in the United States military
Throughout the US missions in Iraq, Afghanistan, and Iran rapid improvements in technology enabled steadily increasing capabilities to be placed on smaller airframes.
300,000 Drones: What Hegseth’s Drone Build-Up Means, and What …
Dec 6, 2025 · Secretary of War Pete Hegseth has directed the Pentagon to embark on the largest unmanned systems buildup in U.S. history — an effort that could deliver more than 300,000 small …
Unleashing American Drone Dominance – The White House
Jun 6, 2025 · Unmanned aircraft systems (UAS), otherwise known as drones, enhance United States productivity, create high-skilled jobs, and are reshaping the future of aviation.
U.S. Deploys Scorpion Strike Drones – But Do They Have Warheads?
Dec 9, 2025 · Last week the U.S, announced its first one-way attack drone squadron had already been formed. But it seems warheads for their LUCAS drones are still being developed.
Pentagon to Increase Low-Cost Drone Production in U.S.
Jun 6, 2025 · Training with drones in realistic battlefield scenarios, led by leaders who are not risk averse. President Donald J. Trump signed a June 6, 2025, executive order to speed up U.S. drone …
‘It’s alive’: Biden-era Replicator drone initiative lives on as DAWG ...
Dec 6, 2025 · Renamed the Defense Autonomous Working Group, the drone initiative is now conducting wargames and working on larger, longer-ranged attack drones, Adm. Sam Paparo and Pentagon …
Jul 10, 2025 · Our adversaries collectively produce millions of cheap drones each year. While global military drone production skyrocketed over the last three years, the previous administration deployed …
Unleashing American Drone Dominance - Federal Register
Jun 11, 2025 · The time has come to accelerate testing and to enable routine drone operations, scale up domestic production, and expand the export of trusted, American-manufactured drone technologies …
US Army Puts Drones, Soldiers, Through Paces - Bloomberg.com
Dec 1, 2025 · Drone Boot Camp: Army Exercises Test Soldiers, Tech and Plans for Future The training showed integrating new systems such as drones is not easy.
Pentagon aims for drone dominance with thousands of kamikaze drones
Dec 3, 2025 · Pentagon’s $1 billion bid to help US build combat power with kamikaze drone fleet A new four phase Gauntlet challenge will test and select small attack drones for mass production and rapid ...