Under Hegseth's memo, DOD will approve hundreds of American products for purchase by the U.S. military to bolster the drone manufacturing base.

So while our adversaries have produced millions of cheap drones before us, we were mired in bureaucratic red tape, not anymore.”

US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth launched America’s boldest military drone modernisation effort to date. On July 11, Hegseth signed a game-changing memo titled 'Unleashing US Military Drone Dominance',

Sen. Thom Thillis suggested the Senate Armed Services Committee had been “a little bit generous” when outlining Hegseth’s “capabilities.”

A prominent Republican senator who once voted to confirm Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is now publicly questioning that decision, calling the appointee by President Donald Trump "amateurish" and "out of his depth" in managing the Pentagon.

Republican senators may have confirmed Pete Hegseth as the nation’s 29th defense secretary, but as Pentagon scandals keep stacking up, powerful U.S. senators are refusing to even discuss the embattled military leader.