The Pentagon anticipates buying 150,000 drones in the final phase of the initiative.

The organization intends to launch selected sensor and seeker prototypes into space for a demonstration no later than two years after it contracts vendors.

The Army’s Western Hemisphere Institute for Security Cooperation marks one of the first military components reporting impacts from the platform.

Pete Hegseth’s speech and three accompanying memorandums released Monday reveal the Trump administration’s latest, fast-moving and multifaceted vision to overhaul the Pentagon's technology enterprise.

"Congress is giving the Pentagon the tools it needs to succeed," Rep. Pat Ryan, the caucus' co-chair, told DefenseScoop.

“For Obviant, the special sauce is the data, but it’s really the fusion of the data and it's the analytics," Madsen told DefenseScoop.

Multiple sources told DefenseScoop that the majority of the drones cleared through the Blue UAS effort have motors that are sourced in China. 

Heven AeroTech's Z1 drone is the first system that uses hydrogen fuel to be approved for the Pentagon's Blue UAS Cleared List.

Two vendors are working on prototypes for DIU's Counter NEXT program.

"This has been a longstanding challenge and isn’t unique to narco-terrorists," an expert analyst told DefenseScoop.