Smashing the UAV Stovepipe

摘要

Early last year, the Air Force proposed that it become the Pentagon's executive agent for unmanned aerial vehicles. The move would have given USAF officials substantial influence over the development, planning, funding, and operational concepts of unmanned aircraft, DOD-wide. The Joint Staff unceremoniously rejected the idea. Instead, it chose to hand off the coordination job to an all-service Joint UAS Center of Excellence at Creech AFB, Nev. (formerly Indian Springs Air Force Auxiliary Field). The Air Force already had launched such a center in Nevada. It didn't matter; the Pentagon decided to take it over. It put an Army general in charge.