Marines successfully concluded the service's first series of live-fire first-person view attack drone flights in South Korea, demonstrating the ability to field emerging technologies in the Western Pacific rapidly.
The historic mission, known as Operation Windlord, marked the first-ever military airlift of a microreactor and demonstrated the Department of War’s ability to rapidly deploy next-generation power systems by air.
The War Department announced the selection of 25 vendors who will help the department achieve its goal of getting some 300,000 drones into the force, both quickly and inexpensively, by 2027.