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Spanish Defense Minister Pedro Morenés has not ruled out the possibility that a missing AS 332 crew might have been kidnapped by pirates along the West African coast.
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CEO Boeing Defense, Space & Security, Chris Chadwick, told his staff that the company will decide if there’s a need to protest the award of the Long Range Strike Bomber (LRS-B) contract to Northrop Grumman within two weeks.
A military helicopter from the Libya Dawn Coalition was shot down on Oct. 27. More than half of the 23 people on board were killed in the crash, the dead include senior officers of the Fajr Libya militia.
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By Rob Schleiffert (Mi-8) [CC BY-SA 2.0], via Wikimedia Commons
Russia plans to resume production of the Il-114 airliner, the aircraft will be converted into patrol aircraft for the Russian Air Force and aviation border troops.
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U.S. Navy Secretary Ray Mabus has named retired Marine Corps Brig. Gen. Frank Kelley as the first deputy assistant secretary of the Navy for unmanned systems.
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