News Summary

• US soldiers are experimenting with a growing number of new technologies, particularly drones.
• But Army leaders say that there is a limit to how much troops can take on at once.
• A 180-day requirement is designed to give them time to master the tech before trying it in warfighting exercises.
• The Army is pushing to deploy thousands of drones across its formations over the coming years, but officials caution that giving soldiers new systems too late in the training cycle distracts them..
• Last month, news broke that the service was phasing out its Unmanned Assault Battalion, an experimental unit in the 173rd Airborne Brigade specializing in drone tactics.