Pentagon centralizes unmanned systems under new DRPM-UxS office

The US DoD is creating a new direct-reporting portfolio manager (DRPM-UxS) to centrally integrate, fund-shift, and gate unmanned/autonomous systems and counter-drone programs across air/ground/sea domains. While not a battlefield gadget, this is an organizational/doctrinal innovation aimed at accelerating fielding, scaling cheap drones, and coordinating AI/swarming software and counter-UxS efforts across services.