Chiarelli: DOD Should Review ISR, Precision Munitions Portfolios For Savings

By Tony Bertuca / May 12, 2011 at 3:19 PM
As it plans for shrinking budgets and drawdowns in Iraq and Afghanistan, the Defense Department should review its growing surveillance technology portfolio for savings, as well as its precision munitions capabilities, according to the Army's vice chief of staff. “One of the very first areas I would take a look at is the whole [intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance] portfolio,” Gen. Peter Chiarelli told defense reporters this morning at a breakfast in Washington, DC. “I think it makes perfect sense to...

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