The controversial executive agent issue concerning higher flying unmanned aerial vehicles could be decided soon. Roxana Tiron of The Hill reports that Deputy Defense Secretary Gordon England planned to meet with the Deputy Advisory Working Group on the issue yesterday.
Navy Adm. Samuel J. Paparo Jr. assumed leadership of the U.S. Indo-Pacific Command, succeeding Navy Adm. John Aquilino at a change of command ceremony, urging action amid China's “increasing intrusive and expansionist claims,” on May 3