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[Daily Mail, where America gets its news] In a major move to revolutionize the modern battlefield, the Pentagon has officially fired the starting gun on a high–stakes race to build a massive fleet of 'kamikaze' drones.The Department of War unveiled a list of 25 small technology and drone companies that have been hand–picked to compete for a chance to transform the future of American warfare.
The mission? To quickly field thousands of low–cost, one–way attack drones that can be deployed in swarms to overwhelm and destroy enemy targets.
The announcement marks a radical shift in military strategy, as the US looks to move away from multi–billion–dollar platforms in favor of 'small, smart, and cheap' technology that can be mass–produced at lightning speed.
Defense giants Kratos SRE Inc. and Halo Aeronautics are two of the more than two dozen vendors in the Department of Defense's ambitious Drone Dominance Program, according to an official statement released by officials.
'Drone dominance is a process race as much as a technological race,' Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said in a July 2025 memo. 'We are buying what works –– fast, at scale, and without bureaucratic delay. Lethality will not be hindered by self–imposed restrictions.'
In a move to reclaim the skies, Trump signed a sweeping executive order designed to turn the United States into a global 'drone superpower.'
The directive, signed in June 2025, outlines military expansion plans focused on keeping it 'Made in the USA.'