Sec. 924. Establishment of the Drone Corps as a basic branch of the Army
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Section 7063(a) of title 10, United States Code, is amended— in paragraph (12), by striking and at the end; by redesignating paragraph
(13)as paragraph (14); and by inserting after paragraph
(12)the following new paragraph: Drone Corps; and . Chapter 707 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by inserting after section 7081 the following new section: There is a Drone Corps in the Army. The Drone Corps consists of— the Chief of the Drone Corps, who shall be appointed by the Secretary of the Army from among the officers of the Drone Corps; commissioned officers of the Regular Army appointed therein; and other members of the Army assigned thereto by the Secretary of the Army. Subject to such limitations or conditions as the Secretary of the Army may prescribe, the Drone Corps shall— be the organization in the Army with primary responsibility for programs, projects, and activities involving— small and medium unmanned aircraft; unmanned aircraft systems that include such aircraft; and counter-UAS systems; serve as a command center for Army operations involving the aircraft and systems described in paragraph (1); carry out activities to integrate such aircraft and systems with Army forces that have not traditionally used such aircraft and systems; conduct research, development, testing, and evaluation of such aircraft and systems; provide personnel with specialized training in such aircraft and systems; carry out programs to attract and retain personnel with expertise relevant to such aircraft and systems; develop strategies and capabilities to counter the unmanned aircraft and unmanned aircraft systems of adversary forces; and perform such other functions relating to unmanned aircraft and unmanned aircraft systems as the Secretary determines appropriate. In this section: The terms counter-UAS system , unmanned aircraft , and unmanned aircraft system have the meanings given those terms in section 44801 of title 49, United States Code. The term medium unmanned aircraft means an unmanned aircraft with gross takeoff weight that is equal to greater than 55 pounds and less than 1320 pounds. The term small unmanned aircraft means an unmanned aircraft with a gross takeoff weight of less than 55 pounds. .