Shortage Of Manpower For Unmanned Aerial Systems

U.S. Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Norton Schwartz is looking to automation as a solution for manpower headaches brought on by the sudden influx of unmanned aerial systems (UAS) into the service’s fleet. “Right now we have about 140-160 people [for support of each UAS] orbit. That is aircrew, that...

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