The Senate Armed Services Committee’s top Republican and Democrat are calling for the Defense Department to standardize drone pilot training.“We are disturbed that the Department of Defense has no standardized training program for UAS pilots and personnel,” SASC Chairman John McCain (R-Ariz.) and Ranking Member Jack Reed (D-R.I.) wrote in a May 27 letter to Defense Secretary Ashton Carter. “The continued lack of consistent and uniform training standards is simply unacceptable. In addition to collecting critical intelligence, the Department’s UAS…
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A bipartisan group of six House legislators have introduced the Strategic Unmanned Systems Partnership Act–a bill to improve drone collaboration between the U.S. and Ukraine. Rep. Michael McCaul (R-Texas), the […]
Will $4 Billion For SB-AMTI/Space Data Network Backbone In Supplemental Reduce Or Add To Planned Funding For Systems In Reconciliation?
Nearly all of the Department of the Air Force’s fiscal 2027 procurement and research and development (R&D) budget for space-based air moving target indication (SB-AMTI) and the Space Data Network […]
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