“If we have a FPV-style drone that is lethal and armed, and we expect that soldier to hit a very precise target at a very precise point … that soldier is going to need a much higher level of skill and training,” said Col. Nick Ryan, the director of Army UAS Transformation with the Aviation Center of Excellence.
The recent directive is expected to get the services to treat small UAS as expendable items, much like artillery shells and ammunition, and cut down on the time-consuming Financial Liability Investigation of Property Loss incidents.
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The service hopes a new memo and policy document revamp will ease soldier hesitation about losing smaller drones and the time-consuming investigation that often follows.