At the same time, Hudson is stepping up investments in high-end services for the intelligence community such as cyber security, having recently hired intelligence insider Larry Prior away from ManTech International to be one of her two executive vice presidents.

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The Air Force uses an array of aircraft, such as the U-2 spy plane, the high-altitude Global Hawk drone or satellites and systems that can gather intelligence from space.

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