U.S. Army Soldiers assigned to the 2nd Cavalry Regiment (2CR), assemble drones during a three-week build course of the Purpose Built Attritable Systems drones on August 7, 2025, at Balli Army Airfield, Germany. (Spc. Josefina Garcia/US Army via SWNS)
By Dean Murray
The U.S. Army has said it will buy one million drones in preparation for war.
Secretary of the Army Daniel P. Driscoll announced that the United States is looking to gear up with the tech within three years, and acknowledged "they are reshaping how humans inflict violence."
U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Eric Campos, Texas native, a motor vehicle operator with Combat Logistics Battalion 7, Combat Logistics Regiment 1, 1st Marine Logistics Group, changes a battery on the Tactical Resupply Unmanned Air System at Range 800, Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center, Twentynine Palms, California, Sept. 24, 2025. (Cpl. Damian Oso/Army via SWNS)
The decision follows observations of the deadly application of drones in conflicts such as the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
Secretary Driscoll told Reuters Friday (Nov 7): "We expect to purchase at least a million drones within the next two to three years. And we expect that at the end of one or two years from today, we will know that in a moment of conflict, we will be able to activate a supply chain that is robust enough and deep enough that we could activate to manufacture however many drones we would need."
Secretary of the Army, Hon. Dan Driscoll, visits U.S. Army Rangers assigned to 1st Battalion, 75th Ranger Regiment, at Hunter Army Airfield, Savannah, Ga. (Secretary of the Army via SWNS)
He also said last month: "If small arms defined the 20th century, drones will define the 21st. They are the perfect convergence of artificial intelligence, advanced materials, batteries and propulsion systems, sensor fusion, and more.
"They are reshaping how humans inflict violence on each other at a pace never witnessed in human history. They are cheap, modular, precise, multi-role, and scalable.
"And we will rapidly integrate them into our formations. For Soldiers: we want to push this tech to your formation so that you can employ it, improve it, and dominate with it. "
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