Army’s unmanned systems summit is helping the service field drones to units faster

Army’s unmanned systems summit is helping the service field drones to units faster

The Army’s eighth unmanned aerial systems summit is providing a path to more quickly equip units with drones, according to officials. The event, hosted at Fort Rucker, Alabama, is taking guidance from multiple levels of government to rapidly supply UAS — to include lethal systems — at every echelon from squad to corps. Service leaders are looking to “take the guidance from the Army Transformation Initiative that was published in April, the White…

U.S. Army summit highlights expansion, training, and new roles for unmanned aircraft systems

“The battlefield is going to be busy, so we need to be thinking about what the enemy is doing, as well as ourselves,” Gill said. “We need to do this quickly because the future is now.” Gill cited recent global events and the Department of Defense’s decision to lift restrictions on UAS acquisition and fielding, predicting a rise in the deployment of smaller systems at lower Army levels. He underlined the importance of integrating these with manne…

Army UAS and Launched Effects Summit Begins at Fort Rucker

FORT RUCKER, Ala. — The Army’s Unmanned Aircraft Systems and Launched Effects Summit opened Aug. 11, setting the tone of week-long events focused on the rap ...