The MQ-8C completed its three week operational assessment on Nov. 20 after flying 11 flights and clocking 83.4 flight hours in the process.
U.S. Navy photo
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DARPA abandons plan to launch satellites using the F-15
It’s back to the drawing board for Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) as the research agency had to abandon a plan to use a F-15 to launch small satellites into space.
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Watch the last C-17 to depart Long Beach
Hundreds of people turn up at Long Beach airport on Nov. 29 to watch the last Boeing C-17 to be built there depart for good.
Last Boeing C-17 to depart from Long Beach today
The final C-17 to be built will depart the Long Beach plant in California today. The cargo plane will head to one of Boeing’s maintenance and modification centers in San Antonio.
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By John Murphy (C-17 Wing Wag) [CC BY-SA 2.0], via Wikimedia Commons
Jokowi deflected question on the purchase of AW101s
President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo told reporters to ask the Indonesian Air Force on the decision to replace the Super Puma VVIP helicopters with the AW101 during a ceremony at Institut Pertanian Bogor, West Java on Nov. 28.
Photo: Sgt Ray Cooper RAF/MOD [OGL], via Wikimedia Commons
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