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Dave Lamborn, commander of 2nd Mobile Brigade, 25th Infantry Division, out of Hawaii, told a panel during the Association of the U.S. Army\u2019s annual meeting in Washington that in division testing, the Army\u2019s smallest units could be overtasked by the challenge of operating drones on top of all their conventional duties.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI can tell you that there is certainly an upper level of useful number of devices to field out to tactical formations,\u201d Lamborn said Tuesday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">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\u2019s Transformation in Contact initiative. 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