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Deptula: Big Ticket ISR Programs Not Necessarily Budget Cut Targets

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Thursday, September 17th, 2009

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By B.C. Kessner The Air Force deputy chief of staff for Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (ISR) on Tuesday dispelled the idea that major ISR programs would languish under tighter budgets given recent hard looks into deferring funding from some big ticket programs while smaller ISR systems seem poised for substantial growth. "Looking into what's going to come out of the machine before the sausage has been made is probably premature," Lt. Gen. David Deptula told attendees at the annual Air…

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