Senate authorizers call for drone and interceptor ‘manufacturing hub’ amid capacity concerns

Senate authorizers call for drone and interceptor ‘manufacturing hub’ amid capacity concerns

Senate authorizers worry the organic industrial base, hampered by fragile supply chains, costly production and limited testing sites, can’t handle the military’s future needs for autonomous systems and low-cost interceptors. The Pentagon doesn’t have a “manufacturing hub” for interceptors, drones and other “joint autonomous maneuver systems,” according to a Senate Armed Services Committee report accompanying its fiscal year 2027 draft defense po…