There was a mid-air collision involving a French Mirage and a Saudi F-15 on Saturday in Tabuk province. Pilots from both aircraft ejected safely.
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Month: January 2012
V-22 availability rate at 53 percent
Pentagon testers found that the reliability rates for the V-22 has improved in 2011 but it was at 53 percent rather than the specified 82 percent.
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USN wants more cost cutting measures for CVN-78
The U.S. Navy wants Huntington Ingalls Industries to drive down the cost of building CVN-78.
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RQ-7 to be armed with secret weapon
The U.S. Marine Corps will arm its RQ-7 drones with a classified gravity bomb under a demonstration program.
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Netherlands asks Denmark, Norway to join F-35 buy
Dutch Defense Minister Hans Hillen said Thursday that his country has asked Denmark and Norway to jointly buy the F-35.
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