Army wants to equip units with 'delivery drones' by FY-26

By Jaspreet Gill / February 11, 2021 at 4:07 PM
The Army wants information from industry on an autonomous unmanned aircraft system that can perform aerial resupply to infantry brigade combat teams, with the first unit equipped by fiscal year 2026, according to a notice posted today. The service and the Marine Corps started looking at the Joint Tactical Autonomous Aerial Resupply System effort in 2018 and initially wanted the first unit equipped by FY-24. A request for information , initially posted last month, says the two services are specifically...

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