At the FIDAE airshow in Chile, an executive from Embraer brief Reuters on the latest development in the KC-390 flight test program.
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DoD, DEA spent $86 million on drug surveillance airplane that never flew
Somewhere in Delaware, a ATR 42-500 is siting in a hangar collecting dust after $86 million was spent trying to convert the airliner into a surveillance plane for counter-narcotics mission in Afghanistan.
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Photo: U.S. Department of Justice
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Russian MoD uploads video showing Mi-28 destroying BMP near Palmyra
Mitsubishi to tap its know-how from air-to-air missiles for use in autonomous driving cars
Mitsubishi Electric Corp. says it is ready to adapt radars and sensors developed for the military to help autonomous driving cars navigate around obstacles.
By Hunini (Own work) [CC BY-SA 3.0], via Wikimedia Commons
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U.S. State Department official says Chinese runways in Spratlys are designed for military aircraft
A Deputy Assistant Secretary from the U.S. State Department told reporters in Manila that runways China has built in the Spratly Archipelago are meant for military aircraft.
By United States Navy [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
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