Drone Dominance Program Seeks 340,000 Drones By 2028

Attack drone
Credit: Defense Department
A new, nearly $1.1 billion Pentagon plan calls for acquiring 340,000 weaponized small drones in a two-year period, continuing the U.S. military’s years-old ambition to dramatically scale up drone production. The Drone Dominance program unveiled by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on Dec. 2 proposes to...
Steve Trimble

Steve covers military aviation, missiles and space for the Aviation Week Network, based in Washington, DC.

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