DOD Review of Joint Air Force-Army UAV Effort Delayed

By Carlo Muñoz / April 18, 2008 at 5:00 AM
A critical meeting on the merger of the Air Force's Predator and Army's Warrior unmanned aerial drone programs has been delayed, but the Defense Department is still committed to merging the two service programs, the Pentagon's top weapons buyer said today. Last year, members of Deputy Defense Secretary Gordon England's Deputy Advisory Working Group (DAWG) opted to condense the Army's MQ-9 Sky Warrior UAV and the Air Force's MQ-1 Predator UAV program into a single acquisition effort. The decision, outlined...

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