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James Lankford: “We've got institutions like Kratos that are now in the…”

Featuring: James Lankford, Republican | U.S. Senate, Oklahoma

Lankford Goes In-Depth on NDAA with Griffin Media's Scott Mitchell

Published December 19, 2025 | Video Starts at 05:32

… into the system to be able to help our war fighters, to be able to protect themselves or to be able to innovate on how we're going to actually deliver. We've got institutions like Kratos that are now in the country, in Oklahoma, that are trying to innovate the next generation of what we're going to do for our unmanned aerial systems. out there to be able to be in attack mode or to be stealthy or to be able to help defend us as well. (05:32–05:45)

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Asserts that Kratos in Oklahoma is working on next-generation unmanned aerial systems.

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