The Pentagon intends to ask Congress for $50 billion for the mass production of drones The US War Department is going to ask for $50 billion for the mass production and large-scale introduction of hundreds of thousands of unmanned systems to the armed forces this year, Pentagon chief Pete Hegseth said in a speech at the annual meeting of the Association of the United States Army (AUSA) in Washington.

The Pentagon intends to ask Congress for $50 billion for the mass production of drones The US War Department is going to ask for $50 billion for the mass production and large-scale introduction of hundreds of thousands of unmanned systems to the armed forces this year, Pentagon chief Pete Hegseth said in a speech at the annual meeting of the Association of the United States Army (AUSA) in Washington.