DOD: Rewrite Law To Give Equal Weight To Unmanned, Manned Systems

By Jordana Mishory / March 16, 2012 at 6:51 PM
The Pentagon wants Congress to alter a law designed to give preference to unmanned systems so that either manned systems or drones could be considered to fill capability requirements. In a new legislative proposal obtained by InsideDefense.com , the Defense Department also wants to do away with the law's requirement that DOD certify an unmanned system is incapable of meeting program requirements when developing a manned system. In its place, DOD wants the law, established in the fiscal year 2007...

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