{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://www.mccormick.senate.gov/news/press-releases/senators-mccormick-and-rosen-introduce-the-unmanned-systems-command-and-control-act-to-strengthen-command-and-control-for-americas-unmanned-systems/", "SENATORS MCCORMICK AND ROSEN INTRODUCE THE UNMANNED SYSTEMS COMMAND AND CONTROL ACT TO STRENGTHEN COMMAND AND CONTROL FOR AMERICA\u2019S UNMANNED SYSTEMS", "2026-06-26", "2026", "2026-06", "Republican", "Senate", "PA", "David McCormick", "M001243", "www.mccormick.senate.gov", "davemccormick", "https://www.mccormick.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/", "scraper", "Bill directs the Pentagon to study proven allied systems and accelerate U.S. modernization at no new cost to taxpayers\n\nWASHINGTON \u2014 Senators Dave McCormick (R-PA) and Jacky Rosen (D-NV) today introduced the Unmanned Systems Command and Control Act, legislation directing the Secretary of War to study and report on whether the U.S. Department of War could use open-architecture systems to command and control its unmanned systems. Allied and partner countries are already using these systems to great effect in ongoing conflicts, and lessons can be learned from their application to different unmanned system tiers and domains.\n\n\u201cModern warfare has shown that unmanned aircraft systems now operate in huge numbers, forcing commanders to track countless moving pieces across vast areas in real time, and to manage that information quickly, safely, and flexibly to win. America\u2019s allies have built systems to do exactly this, while America\u2019s own efforts trail behind,\u201d said Senator McCormick. \u201cThe Unmanned Systems Command and Control Act directs the Secretary of War to study these proven frameworks, learn from them, and use those lessons to lower risk, speed up America\u2019s own progress, and gain critical advantage during military operations.\u201d\n\n\u201cThe use of drones and other unmanned systems in modern warfare has grown exponentially,\u201d said Senator Rosen. \u201cThis bipartisan bill will enable the U.S. to learn from our allies to remain at the forefront of military and technological innovation, ensuring that we can provide our troops with the resources to direct, coordinate, and utilize unmanned aircraft systems in the modern battlespace.\u201d\n\nThis legislation requires the Department of War to evaluate open-architecture, unmanned system command and control frameworks with proven operational effectiveness, examining their architectural design, compatibility and interoperability with existing DoW systems, cybersecurity, and adaptability in the field, along with a roadmap for putting them into use. Specifically, the bill:\n\nRequires DoW to study battle-tested drone command and control systems, beginning with Ukraine\u2019s Delta and Israel\u2019s multi-drone operating system.\n\nCreates a panel of 10 to 15 specialists in drone operations, open-architecture software systems, cybersecurity, and allied command and control operations, with no more than two-thirds being current government employees.\n\nRequires a preliminary report to congressional defense committees, a final report within one year, and annual updates for five years.\n\nRequires supply chain risk management, compliance with the Cybersecurity Framework 2.0, vulnerability disclosure, and penetration testing; excludes covered foreign entities; and mandates a process updating cybersecurity standards.\n\nDirects that any recommended frameworks account for the domestic small, unmanned aircraft systems industrial base remediation efforts.\n\nRequires DoW to share an unclassified summary of the findings and recommendations with the Federal Aviation Administration.\n\nDraws funding from existing DoW research and development amounts and avoids new taxpayer spending.\n\nSenator McCormick has also introduced the Unmanned Autonomous Systems Strategy Act, legislation requiring the U.S. Department of War to develop a comprehensive, all-domain strategy for the rapid deployment, integration, and scaling of unmanned and autonomous systems (UAS) across the Indo-Pacific and the Western Hemisphere.\n\nRead the full bill text here.\n\n###", 1, "2026-06-27T06:16:17Z", "2026-06-27T06:17:30Z"]], "columns": ["url", "title", "date", "year", "month", "party", "chamber", "state", "member_name", "bioguide_id", "domain", "scraper", "source", "date_source", "text", "has_text", "collected_at", "updated_at"], "primary_keys": ["url"], "primary_key_values": ["https://www.mccormick.senate.gov/news/press-releases/senators-mccormick-and-rosen-introduce-the-unmanned-systems-command-and-control-act-to-strengthen-command-and-control-for-americas-unmanned-systems/"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 4.18845983222127, "source": "dwillis/congress-press", "source_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press", "license": "MIT", "license_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press/blob/main/LICENSE"}