The first HAD support and attack version of Eurocopter’s Tiger helicopter has initiated its flight test program at the company’s Albacete facility in Spain.
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Russian maritime patrol aircraft buzz American frigate with bomb bay doors opened
Amongst the agenda being discussed between U.S. Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Gary Roughead and his Russian counterpart this week was an incident that happened to USS Taylor last weekend.
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Boeing Wins DARPA Vulture II Program
DARPA has awarded Boeing a $89 million contract to develop and fly the SolarEagle unmanned aircraft for the Vulture II demonstration program. 
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Minuteman III test & Valiant Shield 2010; anti-ASBM test?
The U.S. Air Force Global Strike Command announced that it will launched an unarmed operational test Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile to a pre-determined target about 200 miles southwest of Guam on Friday. It just happens that Valiant Shield 2010 is being held in the same vicinity at the same time.
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British lawmakers conclude AirTanker deal was poor value
British Parliament’s Public Accounts Committee found “significant shortcomings” in the government’s contract with AirTanker consortium for 14 Airbus A330 tankers.
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