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ScanEagle UAS Proves Worth In Pirate-Hostage Crisis
Washington DC: A ScanEagle Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS) proved to be a significant and valuable tool in the rescue of...
Boeing To Develop And Fly Phantom Ray UCAS
St. Louis MO: Boeing plans to develop and demonstrate an unmanned flying test bed for advanced air system technologies. The...
MicroBAT demonstration to Italian Military
ISRAEL: Bental Industries, Ltd., Israel’s defense industry leading motion and power systems supplier, posts another accomplishment for its venerable MicroBAT...
Production of ALR-69A(V) radar to Continue
El Segundo CA: Raytheon has been awarded a $7.3 million contract for the continued production of ALR-69A(V) radar warning receiver...
Mexico’s Narco-Insurgency and US Counterdrug Policy
In late 2007, the U.S. and Mexican governments unveiled the Merida Initiative. A 3-year, $1.4 billion counternarcotics assistance program, the...
US sacks commander in Afghanistan
WASHINGTON: US Defense Secretary Robert Gates said he had sacked the top commander in Afghanistan to make way for "new...
Norwegian Cluster Munitions Soon to Be History
“We wish to follow up our international efforts with practical action here at home, and we have wanted to make...
Officials Test Commercial Fuel to Replace JP-8 Fuel
FORT BELVOIR, Va.: In an ongoing analysis of alternatives to reduce aviation fuel costs, the Air Force Petroleum Agency here...
Thailand Air Force Scraps Plan to Buy More Gripen Fighters
Budget cuts have compelled the air force to shelve its planned purchase of six more Swedish-made Gripen fighters, the Bangkok...
Russia to start flight tests of 5th-generation fighter
KOMSOMOLSK-ON-AMUR: A Russian deputy prime minister said Monday that flight tests of a fifth-generation fighter will start in Russia by...
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