{"id":3545150,"date":"2026-07-03T10:58:13","date_gmt":"2026-07-03T08:58:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/migflug.com\/jetflights\/hegseth-pentagon-drone-office-drpm-uxs-2026\/"},"modified":"2026-07-04T17:30:50","modified_gmt":"2026-07-04T15:30:50","slug":"hegseth-pentagon-drone-office-drpm-uxs-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/migflug.com\/jetflights\/fr\/hegseth-pentagon-drone-office-drpm-uxs-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"The Pentagon Gets a Drone Czar"},"content":{"rendered":"<style>.et_pb_title_container h1.entry-title { padding-top: 40px !important; }<\/style>\n<p>The Pentagon just did something it almost never does: it took power away from the Army, Navy and Air Force all at once. In a memo dated 29 June and made public this week, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth created a single office with authority over virtually every drone program in the US military &mdash; and gave it the bureaucratic muscle to overrule the services that used to run them.<\/p>\n<p>The new organisation carries one of the least catchy names in Washington &mdash; the Direct Reporting Portfolio Manager for Unmanned Systems, or DRPM-UxS &mdash; and one of the biggest mandates. Defense News, which reported the memo on 2 July, describes it as the &ldquo;single joint integrator&rdquo; for all unmanned and autonomous systems across the Department.<\/p>\n\n<div style=\"background:#f5f5f5;padding:20px 24px;margin:24px 0;border-left:4px solid #5C91FF\"><p style=\"margin:0 0 10px;font-weight:700;font-size:17px\">Quick Facts: The Pentagon&rsquo;s New Drone Office<\/p><table style=\"border-collapse:collapse;font-size:15px;line-height:1.5\"><tbody><tr><td style=\"padding:6px 14px 6px 0;font-weight:600;white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:top\">Name<\/td><td style=\"padding:6px 0\">Direct Reporting Portfolio Manager for Unmanned Systems (DRPM-UxS)<\/td><\/tr><tr><td style=\"padding:6px 14px 6px 0;font-weight:600;white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:top\">Created<\/td><td style=\"padding:6px 0\">Hegseth memo dated 29 June 2026, public 1&ndash;2 July<\/td><\/tr><tr><td style=\"padding:6px 14px 6px 0;font-weight:600;white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:top\">Reports to<\/td><td style=\"padding:6px 0\">Deputy Defense Secretary Stephen Feinberg; director not yet named<\/td><\/tr><tr><td style=\"padding:6px 14px 6px 0;font-weight:600;white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:top\">Controls<\/td><td style=\"padding:6px 0\">Group 1&ndash;3 drones, counter-drone systems, naval and ground robots, swarming software<\/td><\/tr><tr><td style=\"padding:6px 14px 6px 0;font-weight:600;white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:top\">Stays with services<\/td><td style=\"padding:6px 0\">CCA robot wingmen, MQ-25, MQ-4C Triton, the Navy&rsquo;s MUSV<\/td><\/tr><tr><td style=\"padding:6px 14px 6px 0;font-weight:600;white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:top\">Budget context<\/td><td style=\"padding:6px 0\">Roughly $54 billion for autonomous systems in the FY27 request<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/div>\n\n<h2 style=\"padding-top:22px\">What the Drone Czar Actually Controls<\/h2>\n<p>The fine print is sweeping. The office gets milestone decision authority over small and medium drone programs (Groups 1 through 3), unmanned surface vessels, underwater robots, ground robots, counter-drone systems and the AI software that binds swarms together. It can direct service contracting, order money moved through the comptroller, and even halt fielding decisions. It absorbs the JIATF-401 counter-drone task force and the mass-production effort descended from Replicator. Its hiring is exempt from freezes.<\/p>\n<p>There is one more clause with teeth: every Pentagon component must now clear its drone plans with the new office before talking to Congress. For the services, that is not coordination &mdash; that is a leash.<\/p>\n<p>The exemptions matter too. The Air Force keeps its Collaborative Combat Aircraft robot wingmen, the Navy keeps the MQ-25 tanker drone and the MQ-4C Triton. The big exotic stuff stays put; it is the cheap, numerous, attritable drones &mdash; the kind rewriting warfare from Ukraine to the Red Sea &mdash; that get a single boss.<\/p>\n\n<div style=\"max-width:550px;margin:0 auto 28px\"><iframe class=\"skip-lazy\" data-no-lazy=\"1\" loading=\"eager\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/embed\/Tweet.html?id=2024826821527687402&theme=light\" style=\"width:100%;height:400px;border:none;overflow:hidden\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n\n<h2 style=\"padding-top:22px\">From Memo to Machine<\/h2>\n<p>This is the institutional sequel to Hegseth&rsquo;s July 2025 &ldquo;Unleashing US Military Drone Dominance&rdquo; memo, which promised every squad its own drones by the end of 2026 and set off a procurement sprint worth roughly a billion dollars across hundreds of thousands of airframes. A year later, the department is betting that a single portfolio manager can do what 340,000 drone orders couldn&rsquo;t: make the whole system move at one speed.<\/p>\n\n<div style=\"background:#f8f9fa;border-left:4px solid #1565c0;padding:20px 22px;margin:18px 0 24px;font-size:16px;line-height:1.7;display:flex;gap:20px;align-items:flex-start\"><div><em>&ldquo;While global military unmanned systems production has skyrocketed over the last three years, the United States has been slow to field these capabilities at scale.&rdquo;<\/em><div style=\"margin-top:10px;font-size:14px;color:#555\"><strong>Pete Hegseth<\/strong> &mdash; US Secretary of Defense, in the 29 June memo (via DefenseScoop)<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<p>Pentagon spokesman Sean Parnell called drones &ldquo;the most consequential battlefield innovation of this generation.&rdquo; The timeline is aggressive: hiring within 30 days of a director being named, an organisational plan in 60, and a list of programs to be transferred within 90.<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"padding-top:22px\">The Catch<\/h2>\n<p>Not everyone is cheering. The Government Accountability Office warned on 1 July that the department&rsquo;s speed-to-delivery push is outrunning its test oversight &mdash; the testing office has shrunk from 126 staff to 30 while watching only a fraction of fast-tracked programs. Centralising authority may fix the Pentagon&rsquo;s drone sprawl. Whether it fixes the checks that keep bad drones off the battlefield is another question &mdash; one the still-unnamed drone czar will inherit on day one.<\/p>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\" style=\"margin:0 0 24px\"><img data-opt-id=140570336  fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"skip-lazy\" data-no-lazy=\"1\" loading=\"eager\" src=\"https:\/\/ml5psubhxdln.i.optimole.com\/cb:0e0_.b970\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/ig:avif\/https:\/\/migflug.com\/jetflights\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2026\/07\/marines-fpv-drone-camp-pendleton.jpg\" alt=\"US Marines prepare an FPV drone at Camp Pendleton\" style=\"display:block;width:100%;height:auto\"><figcaption style=\"font-size:13px;color:#777;text-align:center;margin-top:6px;font-style:italic\">Marines prepare a first-person-view attack drone at Camp Pendleton, January 2026 &mdash; the class of cheap, numerous systems the new office now controls. Photo: US Marine Corps \/ DVIDS<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n<p>Fox News&rsquo; report on the shake-up captures how abruptly the drone race has reordered Pentagon priorities:<\/p>\n\n<div style=\"position:relative;padding-bottom:56.25%;height:0;overflow:hidden;margin:24px 0\"><iframe class=\"skip-lazy\" data-no-lazy=\"1\" loading=\"eager\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/XPx_7w1hjvY\" style=\"position:absolute;top:0;left:0;width:100%;height:100%;border:0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n\n<p><em>Sources: Defense News; USNI News; DefenseScoop; Department of War release; GAO; Fox News<\/em><\/p>\n<!-- mf-faq -->\n\n<div class=\"mf-faq-block\"><style>.mf-faq-block{margin:34px 0}.mf-faq-item:not([open]) .mf-faq-answer{display:none !important}.mf-faq-block h2.mf-faq-h{padding-top:22px;margin-bottom:14px}.mf-faq-item{border:1px solid #e2e8f5;border-radius:8px;margin:0 0 10px;background:#fff}.mf-faq-item summary{list-style:none;cursor:pointer;padding:15px 50px 15px 18px;font-weight:600;color:#1a1a1a;position:relative;line-height:1.45;user-select:none}.mf-faq-item summary::-webkit-details-marker{display:none}.mf-faq-item summary::after{content:\"+\";position:absolute;right:18px;top:50%;transform:translateY(-50%);font-size:1.5em;font-weight:400;color:#5C91FF;line-height:1}.mf-faq-item[open] summary::after{content:\"\\2013\"}.mf-faq-item[open] summary{border-bottom:1px solid #eef1f8}.mf-faq-item summary:hover{background:#f5f8ff}.mf-faq-answer{padding:14px 18px;color:#333;line-height:1.6}.mf-faq-answer p{margin:0}.mf-faq-answer a{color:#5C91FF}<\/style><h2 class=\"mf-faq-h\">Related Questions<\/h2><details class=\"mf-faq-item\"><summary>What is the Pentagon's drone czar office?<\/summary><div class=\"mf-faq-answer\"><p>The Direct Reporting Portfolio Manager for Unmanned Systems (DRPM-UxS) is a Pentagon office created by a 29 June 2026 memo from Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth. It consolidates authority over most US military drone programs into a single joint integrator that can overrule the individual services, direct contracting and even halt fielding decisions.<\/p><\/div><\/details><details class=\"mf-faq-item\"><summary>Who controls US military drone programs?<\/summary><div class=\"mf-faq-answer\"><p>As of mid-2026, the new DRPM-UxS office holds decision authority over most US military drone programs. It reports to Deputy Defense Secretary Stephen Feinberg and oversees small and medium drones, counter-drone systems and unmanned ground, surface and underwater robots. Larger programs such as the <a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/jetflights\/mq-25-stingray-taxis-itself-on-the-tarmac\/\">MQ-25 Stingray<\/a> tanker stay with the services.<\/p><\/div><\/details><details class=\"mf-faq-item\"><summary>What are Group 1 to 3 drones?<\/summary><div class=\"mf-faq-answer\"><p>The US military sorts drones into five groups by weight and altitude. Groups 1 through 3 cover the smallest to medium unmanned aircraft \u2014 from hand-launched systems up to around 1,320 pounds \u2014 used mainly for reconnaissance and strike. The Pentagon's 2026 drone office was given authority over these smaller categories.<\/p><\/div><\/details><details class=\"mf-faq-item\"><summary>What is the Pentagon's Replicator initiative?<\/summary><div class=\"mf-faq-answer\"><p>Replicator is a US Department of Defense effort to field thousands of low-cost, expendable autonomous systems quickly, offsetting an adversary's advantage in mass. In 2026 its mass-production mission was folded into the new DRPM-UxS drone office, reflecting the military's push toward cheap, attritable drones produced at scale.<\/p><\/div><\/details><details class=\"mf-faq-item\"><summary>Which drone programs stay with the military services?<\/summary><div class=\"mf-faq-answer\"><p>Even after the Pentagon centralised drone oversight in 2026, several major programs remained with the individual services: the Air Force's collaborative combat aircraft, the MQ-25 Stingray carrier tanker, the MQ-4C Triton surveillance drone and the Navy's unmanned surface vessel. The Navy's <a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/jetflights\/navy-carrier-loyal-wingman-cca-drone-2026\/\">robot wingman for carriers<\/a> is among them.<\/p><\/div><\/details><\/div>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@type\":\"FAQPage\",\"mainEntity\":[{\"@type\":\"Question\",\"name\":\"What is the Pentagon's drone czar office?\",\"acceptedAnswer\":{\"@type\":\"Answer\",\"text\":\"The Direct Reporting Portfolio Manager for Unmanned Systems (DRPM-UxS) is a Pentagon office created by a 29 June 2026 memo from Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth. 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