Amid a push to put more small drones in the hands of soldiers across the force, the U.S. Army is learning that there’s a ceiling to the number of unmanned systems that units can handle.

Col. Dave Lamborn, commander of 2nd Mobile Brigade, 25th Infantry Division, out of Hawaii, told a panel during the Association of the U.S. Army’s annual meeting in Washington that in division testing, the Army’s smallest units could be overtasked by the challenge of operating drones on top of all their conventional duties.

“I can tell you that there is certainly an upper level of useful number of devices to field out to tactical formations,” Lamborn said Tuesday.

The Pacific-based 25th ID has been a hub for Army technology testing, with a particular focus on small, 3D-printed drones, through the service’

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