Defense Department Officials Holds a News Briefing On Air Force Unmanned Aircraft Systems Operations

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Defense Department Officials Holds a News Briefing On Air Force Unmanned Aircraft Systems Operations

DEFENSE DEPARTMENT NEWS BRIEFING ON AIR FORCE UNMANNED AIRCRAFT SYSTEMS OPERATIONS

JULY 23, 2009

SPEAKERS: GENERAL WILLIAM FRASER (USAF), AIR FORCE VICE CHIEF OF STAFF

LIEUTENANT GENERAL DAVID DEPTULA (USAF), DEPUTY CHIEF OF STAFF FOR INTELLIGENCE, SURVEILLANCE AND RECONNAISSANCE

COLONEL ERIC MATHEWSON (USAF), UAS TASK FORCE DIRECTOR

[*] STAFF: Good afternoon, folks. We have a quick video for you, and then I'll -- I'll start the session.

If we could roll the tape, please.

(VIDEO)

STAFF: (OFF-MIKE) director of public affairs for the Air Force. What you just said is what we do today.

I want to welcome you to the UAS Flight Plan press conference. And our objective today is to give you a vision of the UAS future operations.

This afternoon, we've got three speakers lined up for you to talk about the vision and the perspective that we have. First up will be General Fraser. General Frazier is the vice chief of staff of the Air Force, and he's providing opening remarks.

Second -- and many of you know -- Lieutenant General David Deptula. He's a deputy chief of staff for ISR. He's going to provide insight in how we continue to provide those critical ISR capabilities to the joint and coalition fight.

Finally, to wrap things up, we've got Colonel Eric Mathewson, the UAS task force commander, with a lot of experience in this platform with these capabilities. He'll give you a short briefing, outline the key aspects of the Flight Plan.

The entire session will be on the record, so expect about 30, 40 minutes of opportunity for Q's and A's. What I would ask you to do is, if you have a question, just please, you know, identify yourself, your affiliation. That'll help us better target the answer towards your publication or outlet.

We'll do a first question with a follow-up. And if time constraints -- if we run out of time, basically, we'll follow up with yo...

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