World Surveillance Group Inc (fka WSGI)

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UAVs and LTA platforms applications often overlap. The Jane's Defence notes below show the Army eager to develop its OWN capability.

US Army plans MQ-1C expeditionary packages
The US Army is moving ahead with plans to ramp up its capacity to employ unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) in combat, including the development of a new MQ-1C Gray Eagle and RQ-7 Shadow force package for expeditionary operations. The push to further integrate UAVs in the army's force structure comes as the US military wrestles with the implications of the White House's strategic pivot to the Asia-Pacific region and its pledge to reduce UAV strike missions following the US withdrawal of 'combat' forces from Afghanistan by the end of 2014

[first posted on 30 May 2013]

US Army mulling new UAV combat employment plans
The US Army is mulling several plans to more deeply integrate unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) in its force structure, including the expansion of a new type of Combat Aviation Brigade (CAB) designed to integrate manned and unmanned aircraft. Army officials say they are currently putting the final touches on a report that analyses the integration of manned and unmanned aircraft under a Full Spectrum CAB concept

[first posted on 30 May 2013]