WASHINGTON, June 26 -- Sen. Dave McCormick issued the following press release:
Senators Dave McCormick (R-PA) and Jacky Rosen (D-NV) today introduced the Unmanned Systems Command and Control Act, legislation directing the Secretary of War to study and report on whether the U.S. Department of War could use open-architecture systems to command and control its unmanned systems. Allied and partner countries are already using these systems to great effect in ongoing conflicts, and lessons can be learned from their application to different unmanned system tiers and domains.
"Modern warfare has shown that unmanned aircraft systems now operate in huge numbers, forcing commanders to track countless moving pieces across vast areas in real time, and...