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.