US Needs 18 Months to Upgrade UAVs to Match Ones Used in Ukraine Conflict - Army Secretary

NAMPA / Sputnik

2025-05-07

WASHINGTON, May 7 (RIA Novosti) - The United States' military aims to upgrade its drones to match ones used in the Ukraine conflict in at least 18 months, which is "far from" sufficient time for modern realities, US Army Secretary Daniel Driscoll said on Wednesday. "What we are learning from drones in Ukraine is that they are updating the software and some of the hardware components on these drones every two weeks. Our best guess is that today, w......

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