Key Issues Long-endurance sUSVs AFRL and AI Army drones
On July 18, 2017, the Senate Armed Services Committee considered the nominations of John Gibson to be the Defense Department's deputy chief management officer; Ellen Lord to be under secretary of defense for acquisition, technology, and logistics; Lucian Niemeyer to be assistant secretary of defense for energy, installations, and environment; and Matthew Donovan to be Air Force under secretary.