Launches $1B Program to Procure 300,000 Attack Drones

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According to the report, the US Department of Defense has initiated a $1-billion program to significantly scale up domestic drone manufacturing, targeting the procurement of roughly 300,000 systems over the next two years. Known as Drone Dominance, the effort implements US Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth’s July directive authorizing major changes to how the department procures and employs these systems.

The report also stated that the initiative is designed to reform the Pentagon’s traditionally slow acquisition process by creating predictable, high-volume demand to spur large-scale industrial production. It aims to accelerate fielding by removing regulatory barriers to small unmanned systems and delegating key authorities to unit commanders.

In addition, dominance is a billion-dollar program funded by President Trump’s

Big Beautiful Bill. It is purpose-built on the pillars of the War Department’s new acquisition philosophy: a stable demand signal to expand the US drone industrial base by leveraging private capital, paired with flexible contracting built for commercial companies, founded by our best engineers and entrepreneurs.


Source: The Defense Post