{"id":109031,"date":"2026-06-01T12:48:29","date_gmt":"2026-06-01T12:48:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/2026\/06\/01\/seeking-a-54-billion-arsenal-of-killer-drones-pentagon-turns-to-former-hobbyists-the-washington-post\/"},"modified":"2026-06-01T12:48:29","modified_gmt":"2026-06-01T12:48:29","slug":"seeking-a-54-billion-arsenal-of-killer-drones-pentagon-turns-to-former-hobbyists-the-washington-post","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/2026\/06\/01\/seeking-a-54-billion-arsenal-of-killer-drones-pentagon-turns-to-former-hobbyists-the-washington-post\/","title":{"rendered":"Seeking a $54 billion arsenal of killer drones, Pentagon turns to former hobbyists &#8211; The Washington Post"},"content":{"rendered":"<ol>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiuwFBVV95cUxOOHc3cGIxc0dydTI3elFLdW81ODM5TmJLUkJvQm90OWFNUzJZVHcwQjVVZHNUckNxV0hkU2g4dEtMc3BZOG4wUm1uYVh3WkFuTFRJVDJmYmNXSk5ZdTRKejVsZk5UZ0tWRHhxdk41Tkx5QWM0Z3Y4QVRFZGRYNmdoSUdJUGtUS2RFTVNYWGhWZnFESFF5T0NYRTdqY1RkUjI4U0EwRkRLYk52S2Vwa1JOYy1WX0dEOFhJMGRn?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">Seeking a $54 billion arsenal of killer drones, Pentagon turns to former hobbyists<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">The Washington Post<\/font><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMingFBVV95cUxPdmxCazE0Y2JwWVZjbXE1XzZEODRONUtXc1FHOW5lQWdiSUI5WHlfMElEMFZaWVpRVXJHY2ZsYmpMZHJEdnRGaG01ZHRKQWJuaG41a2FnanBTdWtVc09iNy1lNkVkYlF1eTg2bGRyeGpGUmUxajl5WGJtTmduOXo1aWZBeEF0REI5bkZMVGRKYXhuVTd2eGIyOWwwbkFMdw?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">The Pentagon is buying 300,000 drones in a competition designed for a new kind of war<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">NBC News<\/font><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiS0FVX3lxTE1CUExtaEZKMkNGc0hUc3ZaZTVwUWZ2aXQ3bnhPQ3dEcEJRTm5yNzNxd1JWMTVnUV9ZLXIybmFlTjBGbi1pT1N2QkRVZw?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">Scaled Domination: Hegseth Reveals Key Strategic Lessons Shaping the US $56B Drone Budget<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">Kyiv Post<\/font><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiwgFBVV95cUxPSDJaN3VUWEVMT3AxTmFIVkItanM1NEZmSnFHX2V1eEczZ1c2S0VZc3RkWFpwNjhEcC1XNk5PMTNpelNYM05jTzFfOHNrcENUaXRFZUlnZ2l2MVhxVnBOR3doWk5SSGowWkZvc0JCT0FUdFFER0tSR0tIXzNTaV9HcnBrRHNOa1NsSXBwZHNtWGNXOXM5Q0tuQU1hZ0lyN1VqTUNtWVlOSEFzS2R1M0IxZ0pkN2JBa1RRREx2RFM1R1Fsdw?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">How the Pentagon plans to spend $50 billion on drone warfare<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">Defense One<\/font><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMi8wFBVV95cUxOZTRCWkpDYzdJdGJXVkkyZDE2cXQ5TnlGRlhjT3l3VHZHZ1NVVzhZSFpraDExMUZyTE9qN0pBdHJPczgzc2h0LUF2SG9BOVpqWEVQNEpqZ0pFRHdMb0wwZUlRUUk5SDZJOGEwZFJtMmRsaW9uc3FpVlJKUU9pUDVDYmlxSnVOelBKd3FsZkdUSThTVUFSd25BcElJLTJxLWFnUGNyUU0yNDVsQnY1RjEyNjVmWUY1a2JEclZVRHRzeGtrSllLUWRUdlZFWDFneXBfaUFkYjRySEllN09HeE1MbVl2VGRadzBoX24wZV8xRV9ybW8?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">24,000% funding surge: Inside the US push for $54.6 billion in autonomous warfare<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">The Times of India<\/font><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Seeking a $54 billion arsenal of killer drones, Pentagon turns to former hobbyists&nbsp;&nbsp;The Washington Post The Pentagon is buying 300,000 drones in a competition designed&#8230; <a href=\"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/2026\/06\/01\/seeking-a-54-billion-arsenal-of-killer-drones-pentagon-turns-to-former-hobbyists-the-washington-post\/\" class=\"read-more\">[more]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[70],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-109031","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/109031","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=109031"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/109031\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=109031"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=109031"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=109031"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}