More On Drones

Officials are sending out the MQ-9 for a new, tailored multi-role mission to strike Taliban targets in Afghanistan.

Here are five news stories and events to start your week, from the editors at Military.com.

It takes about 10 people to operate one UAV at any given time.

Defense Secretary Jim Mattis can't stand the term "unmanned aerial vehicle."

The Marine Corps is taking on a new challenge: how to safely integrate drones and manned aircraft in training exercises.

The service is requesting $194.1 billion, including war funding -- a 14 percent increase from the previous request.

The MQ-9 reaper can carry and deploy ordnance, meaning it could be used to conduct strikes as well as to conduct intelligence...

The Air Force Personnel Center will decide on 40 new airmen out of 134 applicants by next month.

Gen. Mark Milley said future combat vehicles and helicopters will need to serve in both manned and unmanned roles.

Gen. Joseph Dunford called his Russian counterpart following a swarm drone attack on a Russian air base in Syria.