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<title><![CDATA[Predator passes 700,000 hours]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[CREECH AIR FORCE BASE, Nev. -- Airmen of the 432d Air Expeditionary Wing made history March 12 when they surpassed the 700,000 flight hour mark in the MQ-1B Predator remotely piloted aircraft.]]></description>
<pubDate>Fri, 19 Mar 2010 21:20:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Joint STARS resumes re-engining program with two major contract actions]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[HANSCOM AIR FORCE BASE, Mass (AFNS) -- The 751st Electronic Systems Group has successfully resumed the system design and development phase of the E-8C Joint Surveillance Target Attack Radar System re-engining program with the award of two large contract actions. ]]></description>
<pubDate>Fri, 19 Mar 2010 21:04:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[EADS will assess new situation on US Tanker Request for Proposal]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[Yesterday the US Department of Defense (DoD) indicated it would welcome a proposal from EADS North America as prime contractor for the KC-X tanker competition. This is ...]]></description>
<pubDate>Fri, 19 Mar 2010 21:04:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[F-35 Joint Strike Fighter Succeeds In First Vertical Landing]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[NAVAL AIR STATION PATUXENT RIVER, Md., March 18th, 2010 -- A supersonic Lockheed Martin [NYSE: LMT] F-35B Lightning II stealth fighter rode more than 41,000 pounds of thrust to a vertical landing ...]]></description>
<pubDate>Fri, 19 Mar 2010 20:55:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Boeing A160T Proves Resupply Capability for US Marines]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[ST. LOUIS, March 15, 2010 -- The Boeing [NYSE: BA] A160T Hummingbird has successfully completed a cargo delivery demonstration under a U.S. Marine Corps Warfighting Laboratory contract, proving the unmanned rotorcraft's ability to resupply frontline ...]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 16 Mar 2010 20:15:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Thunderbirds ready for 57th season]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[NELLIS AIR FORCE BASE, Nev. -- The U.S. Air Force Air Demonstration Squadron "Thunderbirds" flew their acceptance show here March 11 and were approved by Gen. William M. Fraser III, commander of Air Combat Command, to start their 2010 show season.]]></description>
<pubDate>Fri, 12 Mar 2010 17:11:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Manufacturing Work Starts on First UK F35 Lightning II Aircraft]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[Samlesbury, United Kingdom: Manufacturing work has started on the first F-35 Lightning II aircraft that will be delivered to the UK Ministry of Defence. Quentin Davies, UK Minister of Defence Equipment and Support, marked the occasion by signing the F...]]></description>
<pubDate>Fri, 12 Mar 2010 16:41:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Gripen NG Demonstrator flight tests in progress]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[The flight test programme with Gripen NG Demonstrator continues according to plan at the Saab facilities in Link&ouml;ping. The latest flight, number 117 since the flight test programme started, was flown today.&nbsp;]]></description>
<pubDate>Fri, 12 Mar 2010 16:41:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Nimrod MRA4 Declared 'Ready to Train']]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[Woodford, United Kingdom: The Nimrod MRA4 has made significant steps forward with the UK Ministry of Defence formally accepting the aircraft and declaring it &lsquo;ready to train&rsquo;.This declaration follows the type acceptance of the MRA4 which allows the delivery of production a...]]></description>
<pubDate>Fri, 12 Mar 2010 16:41:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[F-35B Demonstrates STOVL-mode Flight]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[NAVAL AIR STATION PATUXENT RIVER, Md, March 11th, 2010 -- The first Lockheed Martin [NYSE:LMT] F-35B Lightning II stealth fighter passes overhead at 40 knots (46 mph) prior to a slow landing at Naval Air Station Patuxent River, Md., on Wednesday, Marc...]]></description>
<pubDate>Fri, 12 Mar 2010 16:34:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[India allocates $2.3 bln for Admiral Gorshkov aircraft carrier upgrade]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[The Indian government's security committee has approved the allocation of $2.3 billion to retrofit the Admiral Gorshkov aircraft carrier (INS Vikramaditya), the IANS news agency reported Thursday.The initial refit agreement of $750 million went up by an additional $1.5 billion. In lin...]]></description>
<pubDate>Fri, 12 Mar 2010 16:26:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[India Orders 29 More MiG-29K Carrier-based Fighters]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[Russia and India have signed a $1.5-billion contract on the supplies of 29 more MiG-29K carrier-based fighter jets to New Delhi, the head of the Russian Aircraft Corporation MiG said on Friday."An agreement on supplying an additional set of MiG-29K fighter jets has been signed, the st...]]></description>
<pubDate>Fri, 12 Mar 2010 16:26:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Saab receives order for development of Gripen]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[Defence and security company Saab has received an order from FMV (the Swedish Defence Materiel Administration) concerning development of the existing Gripen fleet. The order value amounts to SEK 2 billion for Saab, split over a period of four years.]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 10 Mar 2010 19:51:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[C-5M Super Galaxy Rated As ‘Effective, Suitable And Mission Capable’]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[MARIETTA, Ga., March 10th, 2010 -- The Air Force Operational Test and Evaluation (OT&amp;E) Center has rated the Lockheed Martin [NYSE: LMT] C-5M as "effective, suitable and mission capable" based on results from OT&amp;E testing completed in January 2010.]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 10 Mar 2010 19:46:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Boeing Receives Phase 1 of Contract for US Air Force QF-16 Drone]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[ST. LOUIS, March 9, 2010 -- Boeing [NYSE: BA] has been awarded a U.S. Air Force contract worth approximately $69.7 million for the initial engineering, manufacturing and development of QF-16 Full Scale Aerial Targets to replace the QF-4 fleet. Under the terms of the remainder of the contract, exp...]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 10 Mar 2010 19:46:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Air Force to Test New Hypersonic Aircraft]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON &mdash; The U.S. Air Force is gearing up for the first of four planned test flights of a hypersonic aircraft designed to operate for much longer durations and cover far greater distances than previous platforms of its type. ]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 09 Mar 2010 21:01:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Boeing 'Phantom Eye' Hydrogen Powered Vehicle Takes Shape]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[ST. LOUIS, March 8, 2010 -- The Boeing Company [NYSE: BA] has begun to build Phantom Eye -- its first unmanned, liquid-hydrogen powered, high altitude long endurance (HALE) demonstrator aircraft.&ldquo;The essence of Phantom Eye is its propulsion system,&rdquo; said Darryl Davis, Boei...]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 09 Mar 2010 20:54:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[RAAF: Exercise Red Flag, a roaring success]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[Exercise Red Flag is off to a successful start for the Royal Australian Air Force F/A-18 Hornet team with the first week of flying complete.Eight Australian fighter jets joined F-22 Rapto...]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 09 Mar 2010 20:54:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Northrop Grumman/EADS team will not bid for the US Tanker]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[EADS confirms that the Northrop Grumman/EADS team will not bid for the  US Air Force Tanker replacement programme, following the announcement by  its partner Northrop Grumman that they decided not to bid.Five  years ago EADS had partnered with Northrop Grumman, as prime contractor,  t...]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 09 Mar 2010 14:13:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[CTOL/CV Variant F135 Engine Receives Initial Service Release]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[EAST HARTFORD, Conn., Mar. 5, 2010 &ndash; Pratt &amp; Whitney has achieved  initial service release (ISR) for the conventional take off and  landing/carrier variant (CTOL/CV) F135 engine, marking another major  milestone as the engine is cleared for operational use in the Lockheed  Martin ...]]></description>
<pubDate>Mon, 08 Mar 2010 12:55:00 +0100</pubDate>
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