In a last-minute move before the fiscal year 2007 defense budget is “locked,” Pentagon officials have approved a plan that will add $1.1 billion to Air Force accounts over the next six years, according to budget documents.
A joint effort by Aeronautical Systems Center’s Global Hawk System Group and Sensors, Data Links and Ground Stations Systems Squadron; the 452nd Flight Test Squadron at Edwards AFB, Calif.; and the Navy unmanned aerial vehicle program office at Naval Air Station Patuxent River, Md., led to the succe...