John Hoeven: “We have got to look at what is going on in the battlefield right now”

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…

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

Phase one of Crack the Code 2.0 is well underway, with a total of six large-scale pilot projects moving forward. But we’re not going to stop there. We are bringing together the partnerships we need for phase two, with the goals of…

We appreciate Under Secretary Haustveit for again visiting North Dakota with us to help move this initiative forward. The DOE has more than enough loan guarantee authority available to support phase two, and we’re working to ensure that…