Army's initial sprint to produce 10,000 drones a month won't require MILCON, official says

By Dan Schere / October 24, 2025 at 12:52 PM
No new military construction will be required for the Army’s initial push to build 10,000 drones a month by the end of fiscal year 2026 under its new SkyFoundry initiative, a service official said last week. Initial operational capability for SkyFoundry will be producing 120,000 drones per year, Col. James Crocker, the deputy director for the supply chain management directorate within Army Materiel Command, told reporters last week at the Association of the United States Army conference. Achieving that rate...

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