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Army Introduces Upgrades For Drone Programs

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Tuesday, August 18th, 2009

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By Marina Malenic The Army is fielding improved versions of several of its unmanned aerial systems (UAS) as part of Defense Secretary Gates' "surge" of intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance assets to Afghanistan, top Army officials said last week. "The money set aside by Secretary Gates allowed us to implement some much-needed capability quickly," Col. Gregory Gonzalez, the Army's project manager for unmanned aircraft systems, told reporters at the AUVSI Unmanned Systems North American conference in Washington. The Army has almost…

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