John Hoeven: “We need it for coal and for oil and gas and for other commodities as well.”

Small drones have changed warfare, a fact we’ve seen clearly in Ukraine, the Middle East and even over our own military bases.

By combining the capabilities of unmanned aircraft with unmanned ground vehicles, we can meet the logistical and security needs of our military and accelerate our leadership in autonomy, with missions from the ground all the way up into…

Project ATLAS, a new partnership between UND, NASA, the Department of War and the North Dakota National Guard, is the result of all the unmanned capabilities we have developed and serves as a logical next step in the growth of our UAS…

“These investments will help grow our economy, expand our technology sector and ensure more of these critical capabilities are developed and manufactured right here in North Dakota.”