Pentagon readies new battery strategy amid growing drone demands

Military use of drones for air, land, and sea is booming—and so is the need to power them. So the Pentagon is working on a strategy for how it sources and buys batteries—including the critical minerals they require—which officials expect to release in 2026.This strategy will be an update to a 2023 lithium-ion battery strategy published “that laid out the groundwork for how we were going to address battery challenges in the department,” including working with ot