During a May 5 test at the Royal Australian Air Force’s Woomera Test Range in South Australia, Lockheed Martin successfully demonstrated the new Extensible Launching System (ExLS) standalone variant.
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X-47B performs taxi tests at NAS Pax River
The X-47B recently started taxi tests at NAS Pax River as it prepares for arrested landings and catapult launches later this summer.
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Panetta restricts F-22 flights
The Pentagon announced on Tuesday that Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta has ordered restrictions to F-22 flights and
the U.S. Air Force is to accelerate the installation of an automatic backup oxygen system.
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KAI to battle KAL for South Korea UAV contract
South Korea’s Defense Acquisition Program Administration will choose between Korean Air (KAL) and Korea Aerospace Industries (KAI) for a contract to build UAVs for the military.
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Air National Guard testing Sniper pod on F-15C
The U.S. Air National Guard hopes to improve the intercept capability of its F-15C by equipping the fighter with Lockheed Martin’s Sniper pod.
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