Army moves to end drone battalion set up to absorb lessons from Ukraine war

The U.S. Army plans to phase out a recently formed drone battalion created to absorb lessons from drone warfare, including from the ongoing war in Ukraine, an Army official told CBS News. The unit, known as the Unmanned Assault Battalion, was designed to operate as a special group capable of deploying wherever drones were needed. CBS News reports that the move followed internal tension between senior officers who backed the battalion’s creation and acting chief of staff Gen. Christopher LaNeve. The battalion will participate in an exercise running through September, after which the Army says it will return to its core mission as an airborne infantry battalion within the 173rd Airborne Brigade.