Inside America’s Fight for Drone Dominance
The U.S. military needs more drones, and it needs to build them without Chinese parts. Today, Defense Innovation Unit Deputy Director Travis Metz joins School of War to discuss how America can build drones quickly, cheaply, and on U.S. soil; what America can learn from Ukraine’s drone war; and the Pentagon’s new billion-dollar effort to upgrade its aging military technology.
2:23 - Why America Is Behind on Drones
4:32 - The Drone Dominance Program
6:51 - Breaking Dependence on China
10:23 - The Different Types of Drones
13:34 - Ukraine’s Mid-Range Strike Revolution
16:00 - Cheap Drones at…
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