The EO calls for the rapid maturing of technologies such as beyond visual line of sight or BVLOS operations, increasingly autonomous UAS operations, electric vertical takeoff and landing pilot program, and delivering low-cost, high performing drones to the nation’s warfighters. It requires balancing the EOs goal of the proliferation of technology that is inherently dual use with the need to identify UAS technologies operating in U.S. airspace and implement defenses and countermeasures to protect the U.S. and its critical infrastructure, and individuals from actors looking to take advantage of the dual use nature of drone technology. Overland smuggling of the drones to within the vicinity of the targets reduced the flight time to less than a minute.
Author: RealClearWire
Published at: 2025-08-03 19:39:49
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