Congressman Pat Harrigan Introduces SkyFoundry Act to Restore America’s Drone Dominance

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WASHINGTON, D.C.—Today, Congressman Pat Harrigan (NC-10) introduced the SkyFoundry Act of 2025, legislation to ensure the United States can design, test, and manufacture drones at the scale needed to deter and defeat our adversaries.

“China and Russia are flooding the battlefield with millions of drones while America has sat on its hands. More than 80% of casualties in modern war now come from drones, yet we still have no capacity to build them at scale. That failure is reckless, and it leaves our troops exposed,” said Congressman Harrigan. “I introduced the SkyFoundry Act to end that weakness. This bill creates the capacity to design, test, and build a million drones a year right here in America. It cuts China out of our supply chains, it arms our troops with what they need to dominate, and it makes clear we will never again let our enemies outproduce us in the weapons that decide wars.”

The SkyFoundry Act establishes a government-run facility capable of producing one million small drones annually. By combining rapid research and development with high-volume production inside the Army’s existing industrial base, the legislation delivers the speed and scale America’s warfighters need while bypassing the years of delay caused by traditional contracting and procurement red tape.

Earlier this year, Congressman Harrigan successfully secured language in the FY26 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) to begin laying the groundwork for SkyFoundry. The introduction of this standalone legislation takes the next step, locking the program into permanent law and ensuring that the United States will never again face a future war unprepared for drone warfare.

Congressman Harrigan is calling on his colleagues to cosponsor the SkyFoundry Act and join the effort to restore America’s advantage on the battlefield.