Story by Army Capt. Andrew Lightsey IV
The 101st Airborne Division tested its ability to integrate unmanned aircraft systems to support ground forces during a live-fire exercise last week at Fort Campbell.
“We are no strangers to innovation here on Fort Campbell,” said Army Brig. Gen. Travis McIntosh, deputy commanding general of operations for the division. “Drones are reshaping the geometry of the battlefield in real time, and we must adjust. Distance and sanctuary no longer provide the protection they once did, and mass and speed of decision-making will increasingly be enabled by autonomy and [artificial intelligence]. This event tested and proved these assumptions for us.”…