Aviation News
La Tribune reported Friday that Paris is close to selling two Helios military observation satellites to UAE.
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The U.S. Air Force’s Space Fence program is currently on hold due to a Pentagon review of its major acquisition programs.
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Initial findings into the failure of a GMD test this month pointed to a faulty battery that prevent the interceptor from separating with the booster.
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Israel on Friday carried out what is believe to be a Jericho ballistic missile test. The missile was fired from the Palmachim army base in central Israel.
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Buck McKeon, chairman of the U.S. House Armed Services Committee, and three other Republican lawmakers have jointly wrote a letter to Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel, urging him to conduct another test of the Ground-Based Midcourse Defense (GMD) after last week’s failure.
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