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Snapshots of what’s happening in the Defense Department.

One soldier holds a remote control as another holds a drone toward a blue, cloudy sky with mountains in the distance.

Drone Duty

Army 1st Lt. Lane Kavanagh, left, and Staff Sgt. Keiran Smith perform a preflight calibration on a Monark drone during the xTech Program Competition at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii, Sept. 11, 2025. xTech partnered with U.S. Army Pacific to identify the key priorities such as watercraft technologies, unexploded ordnance and electronic warfare.

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