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Russia will start research into a high-speed unmanned aerial vehicle that is launched from an aircraft. To start off, researchers will use the Tupolev Tu-143 unmanned reconnaissance aircraft from the 1970s as the basis.
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Science Applications International Corp. (SAIC) says the U.S. Air Force will save money by switching from the T-1A to using the Eclipse 550 under a fee-per-flight-hour contract.
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The U.S. Air Force should look at the Dream Chaser as an alternative to the Boeing X-37B, Sierra Nevada Corporation says.
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Diplomatic sources say Sri Lankan Air Force Chief Air Marshal Gagan Bulathsinghala will discuss the purchase of JF-17 fighters with his Pakistani counterparts when he visit Islamabad next month.
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Representative Jackie Speier from the U.S. House Armed Services oversight and investigations subcommittee had written to Secretary of Air Force Deborah James, asking her to L-3 pay for damage caused by a fire to a RC-135V in April.
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