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Requirement for standardized munitions with respect to certain unmanned aircraft

Division A · Title III: Operation and Maintenance · Subtitle C: Logistics and Sustainment

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The Secretary of Defense must create a standard set of weapons for one-way attack missions using certain small unmanned aircraft, specifically those classified as Group 1 or Group 2 under Department of Defense guidelines. This ensures these types of drones use consistent munitions for their operations.

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Section Text · Sec. 334.

(a) Requirement

The Secretary of Defense shall establish standardized munitions for use in one-way attack operations by covered unmanned aircraft.

(b) Covered unmanned aircraft defined

In this section, the term covered unmanned aircraft means an unmanned aircraft (as such term is defined in section 130i(j) of title 10, United States Code), that is categorized as Group 1 or Group 2 pursuant to the Joint Publication 3–30 of the Department of Defense, titled Joint Air Operations and dated July 25, 2019, or such successor publication.