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Army Bloggers Roundtable: Unmanned Aircraft Systems

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Brig. Gen. William T. (Tim) Crosby. Photo courtesy of the U.S. Army.

We recently held an Army Bloggers Roundtable on Wednesday, Aug. 25, with Brig. Gen. William T. (Tim) Crosby, deputy program executive officer, Aviation. He was joined by Col. Gregory Gonzalez, project manager, Unmanned Aircraft Systems and Mr. Tim Owings, deputy project manager, Unmanned Aircraft Systems, Program Executive Office Aviation.

They discussed the U.S. Army’s Unmanned Aircraft Systems and its value in military operations.

Listen to the interview.

Read the transcript.

Read the Army.mil story; “‘Grey Eagle’ Weaponized UAS Slated for Afghanistan”

Joining us on the call were Paul McLeary, Aviation Week; J.D. Leipold, Army News Service; Ann Roosevelt, Defense Daily; Stew Magnuson, National Defense Magazine; Jen DiMascio, Politico and Martin Klingst, Die Zeit, German weekly.

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