Pentagon eyes sharp increase in drone flights by 2019: official

[WorldNews]

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The Pentagon is planning a sharp increase in daily drone flights over conflict zones around the globe in the next four years as it tries to meet the reconnaissance and air strike needs of combatant commanders, a spokesman said on Monday. Navy Captain Jeff Davis, a Defense Department spokesman, said the number of unmanned drone flights, known as combat air patrols, would be increased by about 50 percent by 2019 - from between 60 and 65 a day to about 90. "We've seen a steady demand signal from all of our geographic combatant commanders to have more of this capability," Davis told reporters at the Pentagon.

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