Pentagon Invites 25 Vendors to Compete to Build Up Arsenal of One-Way Attack Drones

The Pentagon has extended invitations to 25 different drone makers to compete in the first phase of its program to find and field cheap one-way attack drones. One-way attack drones have become a common feature on modern battlefields. Ukrainian forces, for instance, have employed these relatively cheap explosive-laden drones to great effect, targeting more expensive Russian military equipment and slowing Russia’s advance across the country. Now, the Pentagon is working to rapidly adopt these cheap drone weapons across the U.S. arsenal and boost its overall drone production base. Dubbed the Drone Dominance Program, the plan aims to bring hundreds of thousands of these disposable explosive-laden drones to the U.S. military by 2027....