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Pentagon Seeking To Spend Up To $2.2 Billion More On ISR

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Thursday, August 14th, 2008

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Defense Secretary Robert Gates recently approved another package of intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) initiatives, which includes 30 more C-12 Huron aircraft and more personnel to process battlefield surveillance gathered from the many new spy planes to be fielded this year, Pentagon officials said. The new effort, which will come in the form of a request to Congress to reprogram funds from lower priorities in fiscal year 2009, is the result of recommendations made by a task force Gates established…

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