Regional combatant commanders’ demands for the use of the military’s unmanned aerial systems have increased, and the Pentagon is looking at ways to boost the number of remotely piloted flights it conducts daily from 60 to about 90 by 2019, said Navy Capt. Jeff Davis, Pentagon spokesman.
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Increased plane journies is also applied to other places which can include Iraq, Syria and North Africa, the dollars said.
Reuters could not immediately confirm the report, and representatives for the Pentagon could not be immediately reached for comment. The Pentagon now directs 61 daily drone flights, nearly all of which are used for remote surveillance.
It also would expand the Pentagon’s capacity to carry out deadly air strikes. “Government construction workers will be contracted tends hover mature Predator drones on as much as 10 tickets every day, nobody find missions”, a major excuse endorsed informed WSJ located on the look of…
News of plans for increased drone activity come shortly after the number of flights per day was decreased from 65 to 60 because of stress on the devices’ pilots.
While most drones are now in use by the U.S. Air Force, the Army, Special Operations Command and private contractors will be involved in the expanded use of drones.
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Operators flying the devices from a location near Las Vegas are “burning out” from stress, according to the New York Times.
