Sec. Driscoll and Gen. Rainey told BI that the Army is slimming down its crewed aircraft numbers and going after more drones.

Ukraine is increasingly seen as an essential testing ground for Western drone tech partnerships.

China's markets have faltered in 2025, reversing a late 2024 rally. Shares in two high-profile tech companies — Tencent and CATL — fell sharply after the Pentagon added them to a blacklist.

The Motor Oil Hellas refinery, a Greek crude refinery that supplies the US military, said it had transitioned to other fuel sources just a few months after the West banned Russian oil exports.

The deployment aims to bolster ICE's capacity by allowing law enforcement to focus on frontline duties, the Pentagon said.