Reuters reported that it now cost $18,900 per hour to fly the RQ-$ Global Hawk UAV compared to $40,600 in 2010.
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Pentagon names five candidate sites for third BMD base
The Pentagon has revealed five potential sites that could house the third ballistic missile defense interceptors.
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India’s Rafales could be armed with Russian weapons
Dassault has approached Russia’s Tactical Missile Corporation on how to arm India’s Rafales with Russian air-launched weapons.
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PLAN chief says operational aircraft carrier still a few years away
Admiral Wu Shengli, head of the PLAN, told reporters in the United States that China is still a few years away from having an operational aircraft carrier.
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P-8 vs C-295 for British airborne submarine-hunting requirement
It’s still a long way towards a formal program to buy airborne submarine-hunting platforms for Britain but Boeing and Airbus are already positioning themselves to win the contract.
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