Scott McLellan
U.S. Army Colonel; deputy director of jiatf-401 as of May 2026. Per src-directed-energy-5-bases-pilot-2026-05, McLellan was the on-record JIATF-401 spokesperson for the May 7 2026 announcement of the five-base directed-energy-weapons counter-uas pilot, citing prior testing at white-sands-missile-range and operational use along the U.S.–Mexico border to argue directed-energy systems can defeat drones without “undue risk to passenger aircraft.”