U.S. Drone Dominance Strategy Hinges On Pricing Change

soldiers in the field with drones

U.S. Army soldiers are slated to receive hundreds of thousands of drones by the end of next year to learn how to use them.

Credit: Staff Sgt. Adeline Witherspoon/U.S. Army
A campaign to slash the price of small U.S.-made combat drones is entering a critical new phase. Before U.S. soldiers, Marines and special forces troops can wield drones by the millions every year—like their warring counterparts in Ukraine and Russia—the Pentagon wants to leverage a $1.1 billion...
Steve Trimble

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

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