Referred to the Committee on Armed Services, and in addition to the Committee on Financial Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
The SkyFoundry Act of 2025 directs the Secretary of Defense to establish a program for rapidly developing, testing, and manufacturing small unmanned aircraft systems (drones) domestically, with potential expansion to related autonomous systems and weapons. The program will operate two main facilities—an innovation hub for research and design, and a production facility capable of manufacturing 1 million drones annually—both housed at existing Army depots, with the production site specifically requiring at least 15,000 acres of land. The Department of Defense will use streamlined acquisition methods and can partner with private contractors and academic institutions to accelerate development, while ensuring the government retains intellectual property rights to all systems developed. The legislation also grants the President authority to use the Defense Production Act to support domestic manufacturing capacity for these systems and allows the Secretary of Defense to waive standard regulatory procedures to speed up the program's implementation.
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