Defense contractors to demo cargo drones for US Marine Corps

The U.S. Marine Corps and Navy will be conducting a technology demonstration for a Marine battlefield cargo drone early next year. The event, from Jan. 25 to Feb. 5, 2027, in Huntsville, Alabama , will allow contractors to display their drones for the Increment II the Marine Corps’ Tactical Resupply Unmanned Aircraft System, or TRUAS , program. TRUAS Increment II aims to “provide an organic aerial distribution capability for small-unit logistics support across the last tactical mile in expeditionary advanced base operations and distributed operations,” according to the Monday announcement by…