The FY 2009 Pentagon Spending Request - Unmanned Aerial Vehicles
by Christopher Hellman [contact information]
by Travis Sharp [contact information]
Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) continue to prove their worth on the modern battlefield, performing a wide range of surveillance missions and an increasing number of strike missions as more and different types of armed UAVs enter the arsenal.
TABLE 8. FY'09 REQUEST FOR UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLES (UAVs)
(Budget Authority in Millions of Dollars)
(Budget Authority in Millions of Dollars)
FY’08 |
Number | FY’09 Total |
Number | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Global Hawk (Air Force) | 855.6 | 5 | 996.5 | 5 |
| Predator MQ-1 (Air Force) | 309.3 | 24 | 403.0 | 38 |
| Reaper MQ-9 (Air Force) | 122.0 | 4 | 205.0 | 9 |
| Warrior (Army) | 167.5 | 12 | 187.3 | 12 |
| Shadow (Army/Marine Corps) | 170.2 | 28 | 28.7 | 4 |
| Raven (Army) | 39.2 | 702 | 32.0 | 504 |
SOURCES: DOD FY 2009 Budget Request Summary Justification, Major Weapons Systems, February 2008. |
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Christopher Hellman 202-546-0795 chellman@armscontrolcenter.org
Christopher Hellman is the Military Policy Fellow at the Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation where his work focuses on national security spending, military planning and policy, trends in the defense industry, global military spending, and homeland security. Hellman is a frequent media commentator on these issues. Previously, Hellman worked for the Center for Defense Information, Physicians for Social Responsibility, and spent ten years as a congressional staffer working on national security and foreign policy issues.
Travis Sharp 202-546-0795 ext. 2105 tsharp@armscontrolcenter.org
Travis Sharp is the Military Policy Analyst at the Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation. He is a frequent media commentator and has published letters and articles in the New York Times, Los Angeles Times, Washington Post, Parameters, Peace Review, United Press International, The Hill, IraqSlogger, and Politico.