The call for drone dominance has taken center stage in U.S. defense strategy, with Secretary of War Pete Hegseth announcing an

The training showed integrating new systems such as drones is not easy. Commanders are betting the often-frustrating lessons will pay off on the battlefield.

The Army is giving the AH-64E Apache a new mission, transforming the iconic gunship into a fast-moving drone killer designed to protect troops from the swarm threats shaping modern war.

The Lebanon County facility, with a long military aviation history, is in the running for one of three U.S. Army hubs for applied drone research.

U.S. soldiers deployed to Europe had a busy November testing out counter-drone systems that the service hopes to get into the hands of more NATO allies, as well as with units and allies as far away as the Indo-Pacific.

On Tuesday, the Pentagon released an open call to industry to rapidly obtain and deploy over 300,000 small one-way-attack drones — with the Pentagon hoping to put them into the field at such a pace that operators can learn to use them within two hours.

Gen. Christopher Donahue, leader of U.S. Army Europe and Africa and NATO Allied Land Command, walks with Romanian Defense Minister Ionut Mosteanu on Nov. 25, 2025, at Mihail Kogalniceanu Air Base in southeastern Romania. (Breanna Bradford/U.S. Army)

U.S. Army Soldiers assigned to 25th Infantry Division maneuver in dense jungle terrain, perform unmanned aerial drone reconnaissance and tactical combat casualty care during the Joint Pacific Multinational Readiness Center Rotation 26-01 at Schofield Barracks,

U.S. political leaders could help Ukrainian and U.S. companies to work together. In July, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said Donald Trump appeared prepared to do just that, proposing a deal for the United States to buy Ukrainian drones as part of broader conflict negotiations.

According to the Breaking Defense, the US Army wants its next large unmanned aerial system to carry modular payloads. This includes powerful laser weapons capable of knocking drones out of the sky at a fraction of the cost of traditional interceptors.