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Army selected for Joint Strike Fighter software assessment
The F-35 Joint Program Office has selected the U.S. Army Aviation and Missile Research Development and Engineering Center to perform...
US names New York test site for small drones
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) announced Thursday a fifth test site for small drones, as it continues to hammer out...
Fighter jet shot down over rebel-held east Ukraine
A Ukrainian fighter jet tumbled to earth in a fireball Thursday after it was blasted out of the air while...
Russia to deploy fifth-gen fighters, S-500 missiles in 2016
In 2016, the Russian military will start deploying two advanced weapons, the fifth-generation fighter jet PAK FA and the long-range...
Building Toward an Unmanned Aircraft System Training Strategy
Unmanned aircraft systems (UASs) have become increasingly prevalent in and important to U.S. military operations. Initially serving only as reconnaissance...
Strategic Agility Is the Future of the Air Force
As the Air Force prepares for new challenges and opportunities of the coming decades, it faces sobering 21st-century realities: global...
Iraq Requests Helicopter Sustainment Support
The State Department has made a determination approving a possible Foreign Military Sale to Iraq for aviation sustainment support, on-the-job...
Airbus Completes P-3 Orion Modernisation for Brazilian Air Force
Airbus Defence and Space has delivered the last of nine P-3 Orion anti-submarine warfare (ASW) aircraft modernized with new systems...
Brazil Orders Airbus C295 Search And Rescue Aircraft
Brazil has signed a contract with Airbus Defence and Space for the acquisition of three Airbus C295 search and rescue...
US Efforts to Stand-up Afghan Air Force Still Falling Down
Recently, POGO reported on the failed attempt to provide C-27A Spartan aircraft to the Afghans in order to fulfill their...
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