WASHINGTON — As US Army leaders work to meet the Oct.1 deadline to field small, one-way attack drones to every squad, they are evaluating ways to organize and train those units while also looking at what lingering red tape needs to be cut, according to one official central to the effort.
“We’re seeing that [if drones are] going to be a common capability and piece of equipment across every formation, every type, any group of soldiers, … we’ll probably have a little bit extra specialized training to be able to do this,” Col. Nick Ryan, the director of Army UAS Transformation with the Aviation Center of Excellence, told reporters last week.
Back in July, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth inked the “Unleashing US Military Drone Dominance” memo aimed at ramping…
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