December 2012 - Page 21 of 31

Bill Sweetman: U.S. has two secret stealth UAV programs

According to Bill Sweetman, the U.S. has two secret stealth UAV programs and one is funded by Lockheed Martin.

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DARPA has been conducting research to teach unmanned aerial vehicles how to pick materials up and move them around.

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Ralph Sherman Parr Jr., a double ace in the Korean War, has died after battling cancer.

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Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte said on Friday the government has agreed to send two Patriot missile systems to Turkey.

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Three MV-22 Ospreys from VMM-265 flew non-stop over 1500 nautical miles in just over five hours from Okinawa, Japan to Guam on Friday.
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