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Nimrod MRA4 Declared Ready to Train
The Nimrod MRA4 has made significant steps forward with the UK Ministry of Defence formally accepting the aircraft and declaring...
Soldiers look for better reaction time, increased lethality with modernization
DONA ANA RANGE, N.M.: Soldiers from 1st Combined Arms Battalion, 5th Brigade, 1st Armored Division, used the Small Unmanned Ground...
General Leads Effort Against IEDs
WASHINGTON: Improvised explosive devices are one of the most deadly threats to servicemembers deployed to Iraq and Afghanistan. Though they’re...
New parachute integrated at Airborne School
The 453 students in C Company, 1st Battalion (Airborne), 507th Parachute Infantry Regiment, exited the 34-foot training tower twice as...
Chinese warplanes arrive in Venezuela
CARACAS: Venezuela's Air Force received Saturday the first six of an order for 18 K-8 Karakorum trainer or light attack...
Russia signs $1.5-bln fighter jet contract with India
New Delhi: Russia and India have signed a $1.5-billion contract on the supplies of 29 more MiG-29K carrier-based fighter jets...
Mexico drug war worsens as US consular staff hit
CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico: Suspected "hit teams" from Mexico's powerful Juarez Cartel killed two Americans and a Mexican man linked to...
Aegis Combat System Completes Ship Qualification Trials
MOORESTOWN, NJ:Lockheed Martin, in support of the U.S. Navy, successfully completed Combat System Ship Qualification Trials (CSSQT) for Aegis Combat...
Defense Secretary Comments on Tanker Competition, Other Issues
SOUTHWEST ASIA: The recently released request for proposals for the Air Force's next-generation tanker aircraft was fair, the Defense secretary...
Lockheed to Build Next-Gen Remote Sensing Satellite System
SUNNYVALE, Ca: Lockheed Martin Space Systems Company, a core business area of the Lockheed Martin Corporation, announced today that it...
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