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The Pentagon announced during Indian Defense Minister Manohar Parrikar’s first official visit to the United States that it has updated its policy on gas turbine engine technology transfer to India.
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Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, which manufactures aerial targets for the U.S. military, has completed the second test flight of its self-funded tactical unmanned aerial vehicle.
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A program manager with Japan’s Ministry of Defense said the first flight of the ATD-X stealth demonstrator is scheduled to take place in the first quarter of 2016.
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The U.S. Navy is sharing lessons learn from the deployment of an operational laser weapon system on USS Ponce with the U.S. Air Force Special Operations Command (AFSOC).
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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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