Army Lays Out Ambitious Plans to Expand Unmanned Aircraft Fleet
May 20, 2010
In coming decades, unmanned aerial vehicles will expand their role in warfare beyond intelligence gathering to become a vital component of attack, transport and resupply missions, said Army officials.
"Unmanned aerial systems must provide the ability not only to see, but to shape, the battlefield," Army Vice Chief of Staff Gen. Peter W. Chiarelli said in a keynote address at the Army Aviation Association of America conference in Fort Worth, Texas.
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