The Pentagon plans to cut spending on unmanned aerial vehicles in fiscal 2014 by one-third of the amount over the previous year, in part because of the winding down of operations in Afghanistan and the end of the U.S. military role in Iraq, a senior Pentagon official said Tuesday. Dyke Weatherington, the Pentagon’s director for unmanned warfare and strategic and tactical systems, told a House committee that research and development as well as procurement funds were reduced by 34 percent…
Pentagon Trimming UAV Spending By One-Third
Defense Daily Staff
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