Rainey: It is too early to set up a drone branch for the Army

By Nickolai Sukharev / June 3, 2024 at 5:12 PM
The Army's top modernization officer says it is too early to set up a drone branch for the service, becoming the latest service official to oppose a congressional proposal supporting the idea. “Certainly, it's too early for that . . . I think unmanned aerial systems are going to come to bear at echelon,” Gen. James Rainey, the commander of Army Futures Command, said during an event Monday afternoon at the Center for Strategic and International Studies. In its May...

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