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New UAV-Focused Task Force Given Short Deadlines for Delivering to Gates

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Thursday, April 24th, 2008

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By Emelie Rutherford The Pentagon's new unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV)-related task force is charged with crafting options for deploying additional intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) capability to theater in 30-, 60-, 90-, and 120-day phases, and reporting to Defense Secretary Robert Gates no later than May 1, according to Pentagon documents. Gates established the Defense Department (DOD)-wide Operational ISR Task Force--chaired by Pentagon Director of Program Analysis and Evaluation Brad Berkson--in a April 18 memo. He announced it Monday, comparing…

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