{"id":850,"date":"2026-07-27T22:45:41","date_gmt":"2026-07-27T22:45:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/officemovingamerica.com\/?p=850"},"modified":"2026-07-27T22:45:41","modified_gmt":"2026-07-27T22:45:41","slug":"pentagon-says-us-industry-still-years-from-matching-ukraines-wartime-drone-output","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/officemovingamerica.com\/?p=850","title":{"rendered":"Pentagon Says US Industry Still Years From Matching Ukraine&#8217;s Wartime Drone Output"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div>\n<p>(Corrects to add &#8220;drone&#8221; to headline)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>By Mike Stone<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>WASHINGTON, July 27 (Reuters) &#8211; The \u2060Pentagon \u2060official tasked with building a \u2060domestic drone industry said on Monday the United States is still in the \u200bearliest, hardest phase of that effort, acknowledging output remains a fraction of Ukraine&#8217;s production even as the government tightens rules \u200crequiring drones be built with American-made \u200cparts.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/officemovingamerica.com\/?p=848\">Watchdog Finds Staffing, Guidance Gaps in Transfer of USAID Programs<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Travis Metz, deputy director and chief operating officer of the Defense Innovation Unit who has run the \u2060Pentagon&#8217;s Drone Dominance \u2060Program since last fall, said in an interview that Ukraine will produce between \u200bsix and seven million small first-person-view attack drones this year, or roughly 500,000 a month.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>By comparison, the Pentagon&#8217;s $1.1 billion program will have ordered just under 200,000 drones cumulatively by February. &#8220;It&#8217;s much harder to get from zero to 200,000&#8221; than it \u200bwill be to scale up further once a domestic capacity to build many more drones\u00a0exists, Metz \u2060said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>But \u2060the Pentagon just made a \u2060big surge in \u200bdrone building much tougher when it instituted rules that military drones must be made with U.S. parts. \u200bA revised supply chain framework \u2060released July 23 adds language stating the government&#8217;s ultimate goal is &#8220;a wholly domestic&#8221; small unmanned aircraft system supply chain.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Metz acknowledged that harder-to-source components, including semiconductors, remains a far bigger problem for the U.S. outside the drone effort.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>None of the drones from the 19 companies competing an August test event may contain banned parts like Chinese-made brushless \u2060motors or battery packs, Metz said, a stricter standard than the program&#8217;s first phase.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/officemovingamerica.com\/?p=846\">Today\u2019s News: Trump Levies New Tariffs, Weighs \u2018Massive\u2019 Iran Attack<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s an \u2060increasingly difficult thing,&#8221; he said, estimating that &#8220;the vast majority&#8221; of drones purchased in an earlier phase likely contained Chinese motors.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Still, he said he expects the U.S. to eventually rival Ukraine&#8217;s drone industry. &#8220;I see no reason why we shouldn&#8217;t &#8230; be the world champions of this as well,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Metz said all six Ukrainian companies invited to next month&#8217;s &#8220;Gauntlet II&#8221; test at Fort Carson, Colorado, have entered or are moving toward joint ventures with U.S. manufacturers as a condition of future orders.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Ukrainian company F-Drones has partnered with Ohio-based Ukrainian Defense Drones, which opened a facility near Toledo, while \u2060Ukrainian drone maker General Cherry has agreed to a joint venture with New Hampshire&#8217;s Wilcox Industries, according to the companies.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Metz said the Ukrainian companies competing in Gauntlet II are being required to localize production in the U.S. as a condition of winning future orders, a structure designed to \u200bconvert Ukraine&#8217;s battlefield expertise into American manufacturing capacity rather than reliance on imports.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/officemovingamerica.com\/?p=844\">Former JPMorgan Chase Banker Expands Lurid Sexual Harassment, Racism Lawsuit<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>(Reporting \u200bby Mike Stone in Washington; Editing by Nick Zieminski)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p><b>Copyright 2026 Thomson Reuters<\/b>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>US News is a recognized leader in college, grad school, hospital, mutual fund, and car rankings. 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