Pace Memo Establishes Joint UAV Center, New Requirements Panel

By Jason Sherman / July 7, 2005 at 5:00 AM
The Pentagon's four-star requirements panel has shot down an Air Force bid to assume management of all military unmanned aerial vehicles, according to a July 5 memo. Marine Corps Gen. Peter Pace, chairman of the Joint Requirements Oversight Council and the vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, has instead directed the establishment of a new center where all of the services can collaborate on developing tactics, techniques and procedures for UAV operations, the memo says. He also has...

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