Starting next year, the Army will be able to domestically mass-produce upwards of 10,000 small unmanned aerial systems each month, according to the service. Army Materiel Command is leading a new pilot program dubbed “SkyFoundry” that will allow the service to rapidly develop, test and produce small drones using innovative manufacturing methods. Officials are currently identifying multiple facilities where the platforms will be designed and produced. The department expects it can manufacture at least 10,000 UAS per month once the first site is up and running, Army Vice Chief of Staff Gen. James Mingus said Tuesday. “We’ll be at 10,000 a month by this time next year, if not more,” he said during a fireside chat at the annual AUSA conference.

Full report : U.S. Army Materiel Command’s new SkyFoundry program is expected to allow the service to rapidly develop, test and produce small drones at massive scale.