{"id":2564226,"date":"2026-02-03T18:55:02","date_gmt":"2026-02-03T23:55:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/pentagon-invites-25-vendors-to-compete-to-build-up-arsenal-of-one-way-attack-drones-5980216\/"},"modified":"2026-02-03T18:56:47","modified_gmt":"2026-02-03T23:56:47","slug":"pentagon-invites-25-vendors-to-compete-to-build-up-arsenal-of-one-way-attack-drones-5980216","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/pentagon-invites-25-vendors-to-compete-to-build-up-arsenal-of-one-way-attack-drones-5980216\/","title":{"rendered":"Pentagon Invites 25 Vendors to Compete to Build Up Arsenal of One-Way Attack Drones"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fpentagon-invites-25-vendors-to-compete-to-build-up-arsenal-of-one-way-attack-drones-5980216%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2564226&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The Pentagon has invited 25 drone manufacturers to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gov-whitmer-media-caught-in-another-lie-anarchist-arrested-for-plot-to-kidnap-and-kill-whitmer-hates-president-trump-trump-is-a-tyrant-video\/\" title=\"Gov. Whitmer, Media Caught in Another Lie ... Anarchist Arrested For Plot to Kidnap and Kill Whitmer Hates President Trump, &#039;Trump is a Tyrant&#039; (VIDEO)\">participate<\/a> in the first phase of a program to develop inexpensive one-way <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/see-it-israel-creates-first-airborne-laser-in-world-to-shoot-down-incoming-rockets\/\" title=\"SEE IT: Israel Creates First Airborne Laser In World To Shoot Down Incoming Rockets\">attack <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/former-cia-counter-insurgency-officer-urges-us-government-to-use-war-tactics-against-domestic-extremists-like-those-who-stormed-us-capitol\/\" title=\"Former CIA Counter...Insurgency Officer Urges US Government to Use War Tactics Against Domestic Extremists Like Those Who Stormed US Capitol\">drones<\/a><\/a>.One-way drones have become a common feature on modern battlefields, with Ukrainian forces using these cheap explosive-laden drones to target costly Russian equipment and slow its advance. The accompanying photo shows Florida Army national Guardsmen launching a Teal 2 small unmanned aircraft system during training at Fort Hood, Texas, on January 10, 2026.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div data-testid=\"top-media\"><picture><source type=\"image\/webp\"><source type=\"image\/jpeg\"><\/source><\/source><\/picture><figcaption>\n<p><span>Florida Army National Guardsmen launch a Teal 2 small unmanned aircraft system during training at Fort Hood, Texas, on Jan. 10, 2026. <\/span><span><span>Pfc. Azavyon McFarland\/U.S. Army via DVIDS<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<div data-post-content=\"true\" id=\"post_content\" data-testid=\"post_content\">\n<p>The Pentagon has extended invitations to 25 different drone makers to compete in the first phase of its program to find and <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >field cheap<\/a> one-way attack drones.<\/p>\n<p>One-way attack drones have become a common feature on modern battlefields. Ukrainian forces, for instance, have employed these relatively cheap explosive-laden drones to great effect, targeting more expensive Russian military equipment and slowing Russia&rsquo;s advance across the country.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Guards train Teal 2 drone; DoD invites 25 drone firms<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1759,"featured_media":2564227,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/img.theepochtimes.com\/assets\/uploads\/2026\/02\/03\/id5980376-9485411-1080x720.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[543,33651],"tags":[72874,72873,23344,72875],"class_list":["post-2564226","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-epoch-times","category-the-western-journal","tag-defense-procurement","tag-military-drones","tag-national-security","tag-unmanned-vehicles"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/img.theepochtimes.com\/assets\/uploads\/2026\/02\/03\/id5980376-9485411-1080x720.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2564226","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1759"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2564226"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2564226\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2564230,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2564226\/revisions\/2564230"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2564227"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2564226"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2564226"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2564226"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}