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Iraq moves to get air force aloftBaghdad (UPI) May 3, 2010 The Iraqi government is negotiating to buy up to 24 Hawk jet trainer aircraft from BAE Systems in a deal worth as much as $1.6 billion, officials said, officials said. If concluded, it would make it Britain's biggest arms deal with Iraq since the 1980s when Saddam Hussein was deemed a Western ally against Iran, The Financial Times said. The Hawks, which are used to train fighter pilots, would provide a major boost for Iraq's emerging post-Saddam air force, which ultimately wants to acqui ... read more |
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Washington (AFP) April 29, 2010The US Navy's long-standing ban on women serving in submarines came to an end on Thursday, with commanders saying female officers would bolster the underwater fleet. "Maintaining the best submarine force in the world requires us to recruit from the largest possible talent pool," said Vice Admiral John Donnelly, commander of naval submarine forces. The Navy said up to 19 female officers ... more  
Fort Worth TX (SPX) May 03, 2010A Lockheed Martin F-16 demonstrated enhanced networked-enabled capabilities during the U.S. Air Force's Joint Expeditionary Force Experiment 2010 (JEFX 10), April 13-23, at Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada. JEFX, planned and executed by the Global Cyberspace Integration Center, is a venue for innovative command and control (C2) and targeting technologies. This year's event focused on improvin ... more  
Haifa, Israel (SPX) May 03, 2010Elbit Systems has announced that it was awarded an Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS) contract from the Israeli Ministry of Defense, valued at approximately $50 million. Under the contract, Elbit Systems will supply the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) with its brand new Hermes 900 unmanned systems along with additional Hermes 450 unmanned systems to expand the IDF's current Hermes 450 fleet. In a ... more |
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Better weather spurs hope over US oil spillVenice, Louisiana (AFP) May 3, 2010 Kinder weather aided efforts Monday to counter a giant oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, as BP prepared to launch an unprecedented operation to try to contain the main leak with a giant dome. "We expect to load out the fabricated containment chamber tomorrow and we hope to have the system up and operating within a week," BP Chief Operating Officer Doug Suttles told reporters. The dome is the first of three designed to be placed "over the leak sources and allow us to collect the oil, funnel it up ... read more |
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