Army wants to use Red River for development, testing of small drones

By Dan Schere / August 5, 2025 at 3:42 PM
The Army is interested in using Red River Army Depot near Texarkana, TX to manufacture, develop and test small unmanned systems, according to an Aug. 4 solicitation . Monday’s notice expands on a bill introduced last week in the Senate, which would require the defense secretary to establish a program that enables the rapid development, testing and scalable manufacture of sUAS. Since the Army introduced its sweeping transformation initiative in early May, lawmakers in both houses of Congress have noted...

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