Pentagon consolidates drone oversight as Trump administration pushes rapid unmanned warfare expansion

Hegseth creates powerful new drone office, pulling authority from the military services

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has consolidated nearly all of the Pentagon’s drone and autonomous systems programs under a single new office that reports directly to his deputy and will oversee what Chief Pentagon Spokesman Sean Parnell called “the most consequential battlefield innovation of this generation.”The Direct Reporting Portfolio Manager for Unmanned Systems, or DRPM-UxS, will become “the single joint integrator for all unmanned and au…

Pentagon moves to consolidate drone programs under single office

The Pentagon is moving nearly every unmanned and autonomous systems program into a new office, in a bid to catch up in a global production race the U.S. is currently losing by volume.

Under new management: the Pentagon’s autonomous systems get new oversight

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth ordered the creation of the DRPM-UxS, or direct reporting portfolio manager for unmanned offensive and defensive systems,...

Pete Hegseth creates new ‘drone czar’ role to manage Pentagon's unmanned systems

The Pentagon created a new "drone czar" role to oversee all US unmanned systems, aiming to speed development and deployment across air, land and sea.

Pentagon Puts All Drone Programs Under One Office, Except Navy's MUSV

As the Pentagon moves to expand its unmanned-systems programs in all domains and across all service branches, it is setting up a new command center fo...

Pentagon consolidates drone oversight as Trump administration pushes rapid unmanned warfare expansion – Democratic Accent

The Pentagon announced Wednesday it is consolidating oversight of all military drones and autonomous systems under a newly created office as the Department of War moves to accelerate development and fielding of the technology across the armed forces. According to a War Department memo, the newly established Direct Reporting Portfolio Manager for Unmanned Systems will report directly to Deputy Secretary of War Stephen Feinberg, and oversee unmann…