Air Force struggles to stand up program office to unite small UAS

By Leigh Giangreco / May 19, 2016 at 5:21 PM
The Air Force's intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance division is touting small, unmanned aerial systems as the next revolution in air warfare, but a holistic strategy could lie out of the service's reach unless a program office is established. Following the unveiling of its small UAS flight plan on May 17, an Air Force ISR division's small UAS subject matter expert, Kenneth Lee Briggs, bemoaned the lack of a program office which could unite the disjointed efforts of the service and...

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