The Army’s Unmanned Aircraft Systems and Launched Effects Summit opened Aug. 11, setting the tone of week-long events focused on the rapid increase in unmanned systems in the U.S. Army.

Maj. Gen. Clair Gill, commanding general of the Army Aviation Center of Excellence and Fort Rucker, gave the opening remarks to summit attendees, stressing that UAS need to be seen not solely as a tool for the aviation branch but a capability to support the Army as a whole.

“The battlefield is going to be busy, so we need to be thinking about what the enemy is doing, as well as ourselves,” Gill said in his opening remarks. “We need to do this quickly because the future is now.”

Gill pointed to recent global events and the Department of Defense’s decision to lift restrictions on UAS acquisition and fieldi

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