General Electric and Rolls-Royce plan to come up with $100 million of their own money to complete development work on the F136.
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Delaying retirement of Nimrod R1 cost British taxpayers £4 million
Delaying the retirement of the RAF’s Nimrod R1 for the Libyan mission is expected to cost British taxpayers £4 million.
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Some B-52s will be denuclearized under New START
Some B-52H bombers will be denuclearized under the New START treaty with Russia so that they can serve as conventional bombers.
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Venlet “pleased” with first F-35 radar cross-section test
The F-35 has cleared its first radar cross-section test and the program office says there are no “major potential changes contemplated for any of the stealth design.”
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F-22 fleet grounded over concerns with oxygen generation system
The U.S. Air Force has grounded its F-22 fleet over concerns with its on-board oxygen generation system. The stand-down order was made on May 3.
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