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<dc:title>119 S5340 IS: To require a drone posture review.</dc:title>
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<dc:date>2026-08-06</dc:date>
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<distribution-code display="yes">II</distribution-code><congress>119th CONGRESS</congress><session>2d Session</session><legis-num>S. 5340</legis-num><current-chamber>IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES</current-chamber><action><action-date date="20260806">August 6, 2026</action-date><action-desc><sponsor name-id="S436">Ms. Slotkin</sponsor> introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the <committee-name committee-id="SSAS00">Committee on Armed Services</committee-name></action-desc></action><legis-type>A BILL</legis-type><official-title>To require a drone posture review.</official-title></form><legis-body><section id="S1" section-type="section-one"><enum>1.</enum><header>Drone posture review</header><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idc04e38f3ad5544d088426d32b23b17e9"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary of Defense shall conduct a drone posture review for uncrewed aerial, ground, surface, and undersea vehicles and their enabling systems, including an identification of gaps in the capability of United States forces and the vulnerabilities of United States forces to foreign uncrewed systems.</text></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id0d4424b2a67447b9a47f0a7a67966d02"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Report</header><text>Not later than March 1, 2027, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the congressional defense committees a report that includes the findings of the review required under subsection (a).</text></subsection></section></legis-body></bill>

