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A team from Boeing was in New Delhi on Sept. 28 to sign two Direct Commercial Sale (DCS) contracts with the Indian government.
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By Tim Felce (Airwolfhound) (AH64D Apache – RIAT 2013) [CC BY-SA 2.0], via Wikimedia Commons
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AeroVironment announced on Sept. 22 that DARPA has not selected the company’s solution for the Tactically Exploited Reconnaissance Node (TERN) program to proceed to phase III.
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Image: DARPA
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B-1B bombers from Dyess Air Force Base, Texas’ 7th Bomb Wing and Ellsworth AFB, South Dakota’s 28th Bomb Wing were ceremonially realigned to U.S. Air Force Global Strike Command’s Eighth Air Force on Sept. 28.
By United States Air Force [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
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Sankei Shimbun reported that Tokyo is mulling deploying Aegis destroyers in the Sea of Japan and the East China Sea if North Korea proceed with the test of a rocket next month.
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By U.S. Navy photo [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
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Bill Sweetman has done a detailed analysis on the aerodynamic characteristics and potential uses of two high-altitude, long-endurance (HALE) unmanned aircraft that appeared in China recently.
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