30,000 Attack Drones: Inside the Pentagon’s New Drone Dominance Strategy

Pentagon just ordered roughly 30,000 one-way attack drones — the kickoff of a “Drone Dominance” push that pairs a $150M prototype buy with $1.1B in 18 months and a goal of 200,000+ drones by 2028. Can U.S. industry scale fast enough to break China’s 90% market grip?