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Contractors will have to determine sweet spot between ISR and tanking for MQ-25A

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Vice Adm. Mike Shoemaker, commander, Naval Air Forces, was recently at the Center for Strategic and International Studies and he said defense contractors competing in the MQ-25A program will have to find the sweet spot between supporting mission tanking and intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) missions.

US Navy's X-47B, AV-2, Bureau # 168064, of Air Test and Evaluation Squadron Two Three (VX-23), conduct Air-to-Air Refueling (AAR) over the Chesapeake Bay on 16 April 2015. VX-23 is part of the Naval Test Wing Atlantic in Naval Air Station Patuxent River,
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Israeli Air Force F-16 pilots heading to India for “working visit”

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Israel is sending some of its F-16 fighter pilots to India for what is dubbed a “working visit” whereby they will visit a Indian Air Force fighter squadron.

Flickr - Israel Defense Forces - 165th Course of Flight Academy Graduates (4)
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