What the US Army is flying is around 90% crewed, 10% drone. Leadership wants to flip that.
The US Army's aviation portfolio is set for a massive overhaul in the coming years. Tech. Sgt. Matt Hecht/US Air Force The US Army secretary and a top general told BI about the service's plans for what it flies. In the coming years, the Army wants to operate far more unmanned aircraft than manned. US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth wants the Army to reduce its crewed attack helicopter force and replace it with drones. US Army leadership told Business Insider it wants to be flying a lot more uncrewed aircraft than crewed ones in the coming years. We are talking about a tremendous increase in the number of drones. Its ambitions, which align with goals outlined by US Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth's recent directive , come from a vision for what Army officials and the Trump administration have described as a more lethal force ready for future warfare. In an interview with Business Insider, US Secretary of the Army Daniel Driscoll and Gen. James Rainey, the comman...