The Pentagon wants Congress to eliminate statutory language that pushes the Defense Department to acquire unmanned drones over manned systems in new programs and directs DOD to provide an explanation when that does not occur. In a recent legislative proposal obtained by Inside the Pentagon, DOD states that this requirement in the Fiscal Year 2007 National Defense Authorization Act "potentially imposes cost and schedule burdens." The department wants to excise the preference for drones from the law. "Because it...
