The U.S.-made ScanEagle unmanned aerial system has reached 25,000 operational hours with Australian forces in Afghanistan.
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ScanEagle racks up hours with Australians
Friday, June 24th, 2011Sikorsky building CH-53K prototype
Friday, June 24th, 2011The first of five prototype CH-53K Super Stallion helicopters is being built by Sikorsky at its Assembly and Flight Operations center in West Palm Beach, Fla.
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The supercomputing race between China and Japan
Friday, June 24th, 2011It is clear that China and Japan have aggressive road maps to capture leadership of the high-performance computing industry from the United States.
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Armenia and Azerbaijan to sign no use of force agreement on Nagorny Karabakh
Friday, June 24th, 2011Armenian President Serzh Sargasyan and Azerbaijani President Ilkham Aliyev are to sign a document which will oblige them not to use force while resolving the Nagorny Karabakh conflict, at talks in the Russian city of Kazan on Friday, Kommersant daily said.
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France to Pull 100s of Troops from Afghanistan
Friday, June 24th, 2011President Nicolas Sarkozy announced June 24 that “several hundred” French troops will be withdrawn from Afghanistan before the end of 2011.
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Steady growth in helicopter sales expected in China
Friday, June 24th, 2011Demand for civilian helicopters in China is expected to climb from the 170 currently in service to more than 1,500 over the next decade, making China a huge potential market, Wang Bin, president of AVIC Helicopter Co, said recently.
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Ukraine, NATO to carry out radioactive clean-up
Friday, June 24th, 2011Ukraine and NATO will soon begin a joint ecological project to clean up the territory of Ukraine from military radioactive sources leftover from the Soviet era, the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry said.
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U.S., Philippine Navies to Train Near Disputed Waters
Friday, June 24th, 2011The United States and the Philippines said June 24 they would hold joint naval exercises next week in waters close to disputed areas of the South China Sea.
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US DOD contracts for C2 support
Friday, June 24th, 2011The U.S. Defense Department has given a Virginia company a performance-based contract for command-and-control systems support.
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Sarkozy Slams Gates as Bitter Retiree
Friday, June 24th, 2011French President Nicolas Sarkozy delivered a scathing parting shot to outgoing U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates, saying his criticism of the NATO alliance reflected the “bitterness” of a future retiree.
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