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House Panel Supports F-35 Alternate Engine
WASHINGTON: The House Appropriations defense subcommittee this week voted 11-5 to provide $450 million to keep the General Electric/Rolls-Royce F-35...
Panel Suggests Changes in Long-Term Defense Planning
WASHINGTON: A congressionally mandated panel has recommended broad changes to long-term Defense Department strategies and priorities, including funding a major...
Royal Navy Divers Join Fight Against IEDs in Helmand
Four Royal Navy bomb disposal experts from the Fleet Diving Squadron based at Horsea Island, Portsmouth, are heading to Afghanistan...
Air Force officials release preferred aircraft basing alternatives
WASHINGTON: Air Force officials released several announcements regarding five different aircraft July 29. Michael Donley, the Secretary of the Air...
Taliban don’t have stinger missiles: Gates
Washington: US Defense Secretary Robert Gates on Sunday dismissed reports that Taliban insurgents in Afghanistan use anti-aircraft stinger missiles similar...
Construction Continues for the Next-Generation Aircraft Carrier, CVN 78
NEWPORT NEWS, Va.: Northrop Grumman Corporation lifted two generators weighing over 195,000 pounds each into the aft section of the...
Army releases report on suicide, high-risk behavior
WASHINGTON: To curb suicides in the Army, commanders must pay more attention to junior Soldiers and to those who exhibit...
First AN/AAQ-39 Targeting System Production Unit to the US Air Force
ORLANDO, Fla.: Lockheed Martin recently delivered the first AN/AAQ-39 targeting system full production unit to the U.S. Air Force. Q-39...
VA officials approve $2.8 million for Gulf War illness research
WASHINGTON: Department of Veterans Affairs officials have approved $2.8 million to fund three new research projects that focus on testing...
US to activate missile shield over southern Europe: report
Washington: The United States is close to activating a missile shield over southern Europe as part of its effort to...
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