Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth recently instructed senior Pentagon and military officials to record any delay or denial in their requests to employ counter-drone capabilities as a “risk of inaction,” and report those instances to Joint Interagency Task Force 401.
Hegseth issued a “corrected copy” of that memorandum — dated Nov. 5 and viewed by DefenseScoop on Tuesday — that outlined multiple policies to reform the Defense Department’s historically lengthy approval processes for buying and fielding weapons that can take down unauthorized unmanned aerial systems.
Read more by @BrandiVincent_: defensescoop.com/2026/11/10/heg…
Hegseth issued a “corrected copy” of that memorandum — dated Nov. 5 and viewed by DefenseScoop on Tuesday — that outlined multiple policies to reform the Defense Department’s historically lengthy approval processes for buying and fielding weapons that can take down unauthorized unmanned aerial systems.
Read more by @BrandiVincent_: defensescoop.com/2026/11/10/heg…
