The U.S. Is Building a Drone Arsenal From Scratch

By Brian Southers

Five things happened in the last six months that most people outside defense aren't talking about — and they're not happening in isolation. They're synchronized.

• The Pentagon launched a $1B initiative to buy 340,000+ American-made attack drones
• Congress authorized a facility to produce 1 million drones per year
• The FCC blocked ALL new foreign-made drones from the U.S. market
• An executive order fast-tracks BVLOS rules and drone exports to allies