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Pentagon To Examine Possible Reunion of Army, Navy Spy Plane Efforts

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Monday, December 1st, 2008

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By Marina Malenic Pentagon officials are looking at the possibility of rejoining the Army's Aerial Common Sensor (ACS) and the Navy's EP-X into a single program, the department's top arms buyer said recently. ACS and EPX are prime examples of "major acquisition programs that should be discussed in great detail" when President-elect Barack Obama's team is formally installed at the Defense Department, John Young told reporters at a Nov. 20 Defense Writers' Group breakfast. "I want to have an intense…

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