Drone wars: Army, Air Force UAV spat far from over.

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* The bureaucratic brawl that began last year at the Pentagon o the control of unmanned aircraft programs is not about to be settled any time soon. Deputy Defense Secretary Gordon England directed the Air Force and the Army to merge their Predator and Sky Warrior programs, which share common features and are made by the same manufacturer. But the services seem far from reaching a compromise. A review panel chaired by the Pentagon's top acquisition executive, John Young, is scheduled for this spring. In the meantime, the two...