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Paratroopers assigned to Fox Company 1-82 Attack Battalion, 82nd Airborne Division Combat Aviation Brigade, operate drones with support from Gainey Company during a Command Post Exercise at Fort Bragg, N.C., Jan. 29, 2026. (U.S. Army photo by Spc. Nicole Miller)

The Army wants a new drone to close ‘reconnaissance and security gaps’ for its battalions

Amid an ongoing effort to push longer-range, quick-launch drones to tactical units, the service wants battalion commanders to have an unmanned aerial system organic to their unit…
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