The Army intends to buy a million drones in the next two to three years and step up its industrial capacity to keep soldiers supplied with millions more in the years to come. The ambitious shopping list comes courtesy of Army Secretary Daniel Driscoll, who outlined the acquisition plan to Reuters.

Currently, the Army purchases about 50,000 drones per year, Reuters reported, but the new order over the next three years would be 20 times that.

Driscoll and Maj. Gen. John Reim, commander of Picatinny Arsenal, told Reuters that scaling up the acquisition would be a “big lift.” They specifically cited the ongoing war in Ukraine, where cheap drones have dominated combat over the last three years, as a major reason for the large expansion. The Army did not give a breakdown of the types of drones

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