U.S. Sen. James Lankford meets with Oklahoma National Guard leaders and other members of the Oklahoma Advanced Air-mobility innovation group following a demonstration from the Oklahoma National Guard’s Counter UAS school to discuss the unique capabilities at Camp Gruber Training Center, Aug. 22, 2024. The Oklahoma National Guard partnered to establish this working group to integrate unmanned systems support and capabilities across multiple domains including domestic response. Organizations in attendance include tribal, state, higher education, emergency management, and aerospace industry partners. The OKNG’s UAS initiatives relate to both the federal and state National Guard missions including survivability on the battlefield of the future as well as domestic response in the homeland. (Oklahoma National Guard photo by Sgt. Haden Tolbert)

An Oklahoma Army National Guard UAV operator with Delta Company, 545th Brigade Engineer Battalion, 45th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, pilots an unmanned aircraft system as a part of a demonstration for U.S. Sen. James Lankford, Oklahoma National Guard leaders and other members of the Oklahoma Advanced Air-mobility innovation group at Camp Gruber Training Center, Aug. 22, 2024. The Oklahoma National Guard partnered to established this working group to integrate unmanned systems support and capabilities across multiple domains including domestic response. Organizations in attendance include tribal, state, higher education, emergency management, and aerospace industry partners. The OKNG’s UAS initiatives relate to both the federal and state National Guard missions including survivability on the battlefield of the future as well as domestic response in the homeland. (Oklahoma National Guard photo by Sgt. Haden Tolbert)

U.S. Sen. James Lankford meets with Oklahoma National Guard leaders and other members of the Oklahoma Advanced Air-mobility innovation group following a demonstration from the Oklahoma National Guard’s Counter UAS school to discuss the unique capabilities at Camp Gruber Training Center, Aug. 22, 2024. The Oklahoma National Guard partnered to establish this working group to integrate unmanned systems support and capabilities across multiple domains including domestic response. Organizations in attendance include tribal, state, higher education, emergency management, and aerospace industry partners. The OKNG’s UAS initiatives relate to both the federal and state National Guard missions including survivability on the battlefield of the future as well as domestic response in the homeland. (Oklahoma National Guard photo by Sgt. Haden Tolbert)

Lexington, Oklahoma native Sgt. Donald Underwood, a UAV operator with Delta Company, 545th Brigade Engineer Battalion, 45th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, Oklahoma Army National Guard, pilots an unmanned aircraft system as a part of a demonstration for U.S. Sen. James Lankford, Oklahoma National Guard leaders and other members of the Oklahoma Advanced Air-mobility innovation group at Camp Gruber Training Center, Aug. 22, 2024. The Oklahoma National Guard partnered to established this working group to integrate unmanned systems support and capabilities across multiple domains including domestic response. Organizations in attendance include tribal, state, higher education, emergency management, and aerospace industry partners. The OKNG’s UAS initiatives relate to both the federal and state National Guard missions including survivability on the battlefield of the future as well as domestic response in the homeland. (Oklahoma National Guard photo by Sgt. Haden Tolbert)

U.S. Sen. James Lankford meets with Oklahoma National Guard leaders and other members of the Oklahoma Advanced Air-mobility innovation group following a demonstration from the Oklahoma National Guard’s Counter UAS school to discuss the unique capabilities at Camp Gruber Training Center, Aug. 22, 2024. The Oklahoma National Guard partnered to establish this working group to integrate unmanned systems support and capabilities across multiple domains including domestic response. Organizations in attendance include tribal, state, higher education, emergency management, and aerospace industry partners. The OKNG’s UAS initiatives relate to both the federal and state National Guard missions including survivability on the battlefield of the future as well as domestic response in the homeland. (Oklahoma National Guard photo by Sgt. Haden Tolbert)

Oklahoma city resident Spc. Brandon Helgeson, a UAV operator with Delta Company, 545th Brigade Engineer Battalion, 45th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, Oklahoma Army National Guard, pilots an unmanned aircraft system as a part of a demonstration for U.S. Sen. James Lankford, Oklahoma National Guard leaders and other members of the Oklahoma Advanced Air-mobility innovation group at Camp Gruber Training Center, Aug. 22, 2024. The Oklahoma National Guard partnered to established this working group to integrate unmanned systems support and capabilities across multiple domains including domestic response. Organizations in attendance include tribal, state, higher education, emergency management, and aerospace industry partners. The OKNG’s UAS initiatives relate to both the federal and state National Guard missions including survivability on the battlefield of the future as well as domestic response in the homeland. (Oklahoma National Guard photo by Sgt. Haden Tolbert)

Oklahoma National Guard leaders and other members of the Oklahoma Advanced Air-mobility innovation group discuss the unique capabilities at Camp Gruber Training Center, Aug. 22, 2024. The Oklahoma National Guard partnered to establish this working group to integrate unmanned systems support and capabilities across multiple domains including domestic response. Organizations in attendance include tribal, state, higher education, emergency management, and aerospace industry partners. The OKNG’s UAS initiatives relate to both the federal and state National Guard missions including survivability on the battlefield of the future as well as domestic response in the homeland. (Oklahoma National Guard photo by Sgt. Haden Tolber

An Oklahoma Army National Guard UAV operator with Delta Company, 545th Brigade Engineer Battalion, 45th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, pilots an unmanned aircraft system as a part of a demonstration for U.S. Sen. James Lankford, Oklahoma National Guard leaders and other members of the Oklahoma Advanced Air-mobility innovation group at Camp Gruber Training Center, Aug. 22, 2024. The Oklahoma National Guard partnered to established this working group to integrate unmanned systems support and capabilities across multiple domains including domestic response. Organizations in attendance include tribal, state, higher education, emergency management, and aerospace industry partners. The OKNG’s UAS initiatives relate to both the federal and state National Guard missions including survivability on the battlefield of the future as well as domestic response in the homeland. (Oklahoma National Guard photo by Sgt. Haden Tolbert)