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The first night flight of the F-35 was completed Wednesday at Edwards Air Force Base using AF-6. The testing will clear the way for night refueling and formation testing later this year.
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In this op-edi, former U.S. deputy secretary of Defense, Gordon England warned that deep cuts to the defense budget could cripple American weapons export in the future as new research and modernization programs could be curtailed.
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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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The U.S. Marine Corps will arm its RQ-7 drones with a classified gravity bomb under a demonstration program.
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The Office of the Director, Operational Test & Evaluation says the F-35 showed “mixed results” during tests last year.
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