Lawmakers seek MC-12 cut

Senate Panel Questions SOCOM's Understanding Of Long-Term ISR Needs

/ July 23, 2014 at 9:28 PM
Senate appropriators are concerned that U.S. Special Operations Command does not fully understand its intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance needs, and are calling for a review of manned ISR aircraft requirements to support special operations forces. In a report accompanying their fiscal year 2015 defense spending bill, Senate Appropriations Committee members said they agreed with their authorization colleagues that a review for platform requirements for manned ISR is needed. Senate appropriators also called for a $5.4 million reduction to the Pentagon's...

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