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Unmanned Aerial Vehicles: DOD's Acquisition Efforts

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Report Type Reports and Testimonies
Report Date April 9, 1997
Report No. T-NSIAD-97-138
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Summary:

The Defense Department's (DOD) efforts to acquire unmanned aerial vehicles have been disappointing so far. Since the Army's first major unmanned aerial vehicle acquisition effort began in 1979, three out of eight unmanned aerial vehicle programs have been terminated, three remain in development, and one is now moving to low-rate production. Only one of the eight--Pioneer--has been fielded as an operational system. GAO estimates that DOD has spent more than $2 billion to develop and procure these eight unmanned aerial vehicle programs during the past 18 years.

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