Pentagon recruits drone pilots from across services for upcoming competition

The Defense Innovation Unit is recruiting service members with first-person-view drone experience to participate in the Defense Department’s Drone Dominance program , according to a recent announcement . The $1.1 billion program is the Pentagon’s effort to rapidly expand the domestic drone industry by having companies submit small unmanned aircraft systems, or sUASs, for competition and then building stockpiles of the systems that perform best for military use. Erin Cherry, the program’s test lead, told Military Times in an email that DIU is looking to recruit about 100 pilots for the…