Pentagon funding talks put US drone startups on wartime footing

Levi Li

, DIGITIMES Asia, Taipei

May 31, 2026, 07:52 0

US President Donald Trump listens as Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth speaks at a White House cabinet meeting on May 27, 2026. Credit: AFP

The Trump administration is in talks to provide funding to several US drone companies, in a move that would mark a stronger federal push to expand domestic drone manufacturing and reduce the cost of battlefield systems that have become central to modern...

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