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Monday, February 2nd, 2009

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The Latest Word On Trends And Developments In Aerospace And Defense Unmanned Uptick. Sens. Carl Levin (D-Mich.) and Jack Reed (D-R.I.) join Secretary Robert Gates last Wednesday in highlighting the importance of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV). "We...need more intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance assets in Afghanistan, including unmanned aerial vehicles that are tailored to the unique requirements that the situation in Afghanistan presents," Levin, the chairman of the SASC, says at his panel's wide-ranging hearing with Gates. Reed also notes rotary-wing…

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