Lt. Col. Lauren Cabral, commander of the 834th Transportation Battalion, Transcom commander Gen. Randall Reed, and representatives from their teams connected on port diversification and civil utilities initiatives at Military Ocean Terminal Concord (MOTCO) in California, June 2, 2026. (Photo by Brandi Vincent)
Officials involved suggested that a notable portion of the effort focused on developing the tactics, techniques, and procedures for manned-unmanned teaming.
Rep. Eric Burlison, R-Mo., talks with reporters outside the U.S. Capitol on Thursday, March 19, 2026. (Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)
A Soldier with 2nd Battalion, 20th Special Forces Group, 1st Special Forces Regiment, Mississippi Army National Guard, checks communications while conducting boat infiltration training during Southern Strike 2024 (SSTK), at NASA Stennis Space Center, Mississippi, April 17, 2024. SSTK is a large-scale, joint multinational combat exercise that allows soldiers across the United States and our international partners access to exceptional training. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Benjamin Tomlinson)
Secretary of the Army Dan Driscoll speaks at the Army Defense Critical Infrastructure (DCI) Summit at Fort Bragg, N.C., May 14, 2026. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Prim Hibbard)
“This is a no-fail mission and a national security imperative, but the threat is real, persistent and growing,” Brandon Pugh, principal cyber advisor to the secretary of…
U.S. Marine Corps Pfc. Christopher Rodriguez observes Pfc. Imn Beasley, both with Combat Logistics Battalion 15, Combat Logistics Regiment 17, 1st Marine Logistics Group, assigned to Joint Task Force-Southern Border (JTF-SB), as he operates a Dronebuster counter-small Unmanned Aircraft System (C-sUAS) during training with U.S. Border Patrol, U.S. Customs and Border Protection, in Yuma, Ariz., Sept. 16, 2025. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Elizabeth Gallagher)
“It presents us a different challenge. We have a lot of fixed and movable counter-UAS capabilities, but not really anything that would follow a patrolling soldier, and…
Low-cost Unmanned Combat Attack System (LUCAS) drones are positioned on the tarmac at a base in the U.S. Central Command. (Photo by CENTCOM Public Affairs).
Shield AI said its Hivemind software will “serve as the AI pilot for the LUCAS program, enabling groups of drones to coordinate, maneuver, and adapt together to…
A US soldier prepares an interception drone of the American MEROPS counter drone system to launch during tests at the Nowa Deba military training ground, south-eastern Poland, on November 18, 2025. (Photo by Wojtek RADWANSKI / AFP) (Photo by WOJTEK RADWANSKI/AFP via Getty Images)
Joint Interagency Task Force 401 noted in its press release that these systems “are currently being employed by forces operating in U.S. Central Command.”
Actual site photo with FBI rendered graphic depicting corroborating eye witness reports from September 2023 of an apparent ellipsoid bronze metallic object materializing out of a bright light in the sky, 130-195 feet in length, and disappearing instantaneously. (U.S. Government Photo from war.gov/ufo)