The Pentagon is adding funding in its Fiscal 2009 budget for a project to boost electro-optical (EO) surveillance in Iraq, but debate continues about which solution will ultimately be the best for the requirement. An undisclosed sum was recently added to the forthcoming budget, which will be sent to Congress Feb. 4, via the Intelligence Program Decision Memorandum (IPDM), according to Defense Dept. officials. The IPDM, a classified document, is assembled annually and outlines funding changes for intelligence programs under the Pentagon's purview.
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