Carley Welch — Breaking Defense reporter covering defense acquisition, Army procurement, and counter-UAS.
Coverage in vault
- src-breaking-defense-army-1b-counter-drone-2026-05 — May 15 2026 breakdown of the Army’s FY27 budget request for small counter-UAS procurement ($994M discretionary; eight line items including the NGCM/Freedom Eagle-1 and two E-HEL systems).