New Pentagon Unmanned Czar Will Oversee Most Drone Programs, Memo Reads

This post has been updated to include a statement from the Pentagon. The Pentagon has established a new office to oversee tens of billions of dollars in drone programs across the entire military, according to a memo obtained Wednesday by USNI News. The new office, known as the Direct Reporting Portfolio Manager for Unmanned System or DRPM-UxS, will oversee unmanned systems throughout the Defense Department and answer to Deputy Defense Secretary Steven Feinberg, according to the document dated June 29 and signed by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth. “The DRPM-UxS shall, on behalf of the Secretary of War (Sec War), direct