U.S. Military to Spend Billions on Drones

U.S. Military to Spend Billions on Drones

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Global Hawk
Global Hawk

U.S. military leaders plan to spend $2.45 billion next year on unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) procurement and research, with the RQ-4 Global Hawk, MQ-9 Reaper, and the experimental U.S. Navy Unmanned Carrier-Launched Airborne Surveillance And Strike (UCLASS) system expected to be the biggest winners.

The Pentagon’s proposed flying drone budget of $2.45 billion in fiscal 2015 is up 15.8 percent from this year’s enacted UAV spending level of 2.1 billion, and is up 3 percent from what the Pentagon requested for this year, according to Pentagon budget documents.

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According to Military & Aerospace the U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) released its proposed fiscal 2015 budget last week. Federal fiscal year 2015 begins next October 1.

Proposed military spending for UAVs next year includes new purchases and systems upgrades for the aircraft themselves, sensor and weapons payloads, control systems, and basic research and development.