Army to lead new task force on drones that reports directly to Hegseth

By Dan Schere / July 2, 2025 at 12:19 PM
The Army will lead a new joint interagency task force on unmanned aerial systems and counter UAS, Vice Chief Gen. James Mingus said today. During an event hosted by the Center for Strategic and International Studies, Mingus said the idea for the task force came out of a recent meeting Army leaders had with Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth. During the 2003-2004 timeframe with the United States at war in Afghanistan and Iraq, Mingus noted a similar task force delivered the...

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