Aircraft
New Report Reviews Pentagon’s UAS Plans
The Pentagon is planning to buy a total of 551 Reaper (pictured) and Gray Eagle UAVs from General Atomics Aeronautical Systems. (Photo: GA-ASI)
The Pentagon is planning to buy a total of 551 Reaper (pictured) and Gray Eagle UAVs from General Atomics Aeronautical Systems. (Photo: GA-ASI)

The Pentagon is now spending $3.3 billion annually to develop and buy unmanned aerial systems (UAS), but this sum is still only 8 percent of the total devoted to all aircraft, according to a new report on UAS by the U.S. Congressional Research Service (CRS).