The Army’s New Air Force

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The Army’s strategic vision for their own UAV force has been more or less in motion for the past few years. First they wanted four classes of unmanned vehicles, each tasked with supporting a unique level of command (platoon, company, battalion, brigade). Smelling redundancy, Army leadership burned two of the classes late last year. Now the Army’s grand UAV strategy is sublime in its simplicity: buy a big, stinkin’ mess of ’em. Aviation Week reports:

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