U.S. Army Plans Large SUAS Buy

U.S. Army 1st Lt. David Baker, an electronic warfare officer for the 278th Armored Cavalry Regiment, prepares a M67 grenade for a Skydio X10 in the Grafenwoehr Training Area, Germany, June 25, 2025. Soldiers from 7th Army Training Command, the Joint Multinational Training Group-Ukraine and 173rd Airborne Brigade all worked together to make this the first live grenade drop from a unmanned aircraft system in the U.S. Army for conventional forces.

U.S. Army 1st Lt. David Baker prepares an M67 grenade for a Skydio X10 on June 25, 2025, in the Grafenwoehr Training Area, Germany. This was the Army's first live grenade drop from an uncrewed aircraft system (UAS) for conventional forces. 

Credit: U.S. Army
The U.S. Army has released plans to buy up to 10,000 small uncrewed aircraft systems (SUAS) that could be delivered by September 2026 at a price lower than $2,000 each. The updated “sources sought” notice published on July 8 by Redstone Arsenal in Alabama calls for dramatically scaling up the U.S...
Steve Trimble

Steve covers military aviation, missiles and space for the Aviation Week Network, based in Washington DC.

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