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		<title><![CDATA[Laser weapon downs 6 planes in Boeing test]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[ALBUQUERQUE, Nov. 18 UPI -- New laser weaponry being developed at Boeing has dealt a telling blow to airborne aircraft -- all of them unmanned -- in successful tests that take military laser technology a few steps closer to assuming a key role in future conflicts. Laser weapons are seen...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2009 15:26:21 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[BAE to support Air Force nuclear monitors]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[MELBOURNE, Fla., Nov. 4 UPI -- The U.S. Air Force has contracted BAE Systems to provide nuclear monitoring support to help ensure treaty compliance around the world. British company BAE was selected for the contract to provide the Air Force Technical Applications Center at Patrick Air Force Base with nuclear...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Nov 2009 13:20:25 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[DTN News: Northrop, EADS Claim U.S. Air Force Favoritism]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[ DTN News: Northrop, EADS Claim U.S. Air Force Favoritism   *Source: DTN News / Int'l Media  NSI News Source Info WASHINGTON, USA - November 1, 2009: A European aerospace company and its American partner say the Air Force is stacking the odds against them and favoring the...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Nov 2009 01:37:42 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Northrop May Sue Over Tanker Price Release]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Senior Northrop Grumman officials said today they might pursue legal action over the U.S. Air Force's 2008 disclosure to Boeing of the price Northrop and EADS pitched the service during the Pentagon's last attempt to buy new aerial tankers. The officials also questioned a draft KC-X solicitation, charging it sets...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Oct 2009 06:44:05 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[USAF probes structural viability of EC-130H Compass Call fleet]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[The US Air Force has revealed that its primary airborne electronic attack platform, the Lockheed Martin EC-130H Compass Call, is under review by a fleet viability board. The board's members will determine by January how the airframes of the 14-aircraft fleet have held up after nearly a decade of hyper-activity,...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2009 10:53:40 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Air Force ISR, EW To Stay Independent]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[The U.S. Air Force wants to tie a lot of non-kinetic technology together for the fight in Afghanistan, but the integration challenge is formidable. "Do we really know what we need to do?" asked Maj. Gen. David Scott, Air Force director of operational capability requirements. He asked the Association of...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Oct 2009 08:02:13 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[U.S.A.F. Launches Major Technology Review]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[In the midst of a deeply entrenched identity crisis, the U.S. Air Force is turning to technology as the potential answer to some of its problems. Air Force Chief Scientist Werner Dahm is conducting a sweeping "Technology Horizons" study to lay out technological opportunities that could produce useful applications for...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2009 07:29:07 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[APM LLC Benefits From Air Force Stimulus Construction Contract]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[The U.S. Air Force at Wright-Patterson AFB in Ohio used their existing contractor APM LLC to execute several million in "Stimulus" projects despite the fact that they are banned by other facilities and under investigation about whether they are really minority owned and qualify for those advantages in contracting. by...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Oct 2009 06:00:19 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[DTN News: Typhoon Availability Contract To Support Royal Saudi Air Force Operations]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[ DTN News: Typhoon Availability Contract To Support Royal Saudi Air Force Operations   *Source: DTN News / BAE Systems  NSI News Source Info RIYADH, Saudi Arabia - October 15, 2009: The Royal Saudi Air Force has commenced flying operations following the delivery of the first 4 of...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Oct 2009 04:27:17 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[DTN News: Lockheed Martin Unveils First New F-16 For Pakistan In Ceremony Attended By Air Force Chiefs]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[ DTN News: Lockheed Martin Unveils First New F-16 For Pakistan In Ceremony Attended By Air Force Chiefs   *Source: DTN News / Lockheed Martin  NSI News Source Info FORT WORTH, Texas - October 14, 2009: Lockheed Martin [NYSE: LMT] unveiled the first of 18 new F-16s being...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Oct 2009 10:12:39 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[USAF Report: Cyber War Not Under Radar]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[IT security experts have been calling for greater attention to be paid to the growing risk for cyber-attacks to be carried out against on critical infrastructure assets in the United States, and some on Capitol Hill have bought into the notion of looming cyber-war; a new report funded by the...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Oct 2009 10:10:38 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[BAE Signs Support Deal for Saudi Typhoons]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[LONDON - BAE Systems announced Oct. 12 that it has signed a deal with the Royal Saudi Air Force to support the operation of Typhoon fighters now entering service with the RSAF. The contract is believed to be worth more than 500 million pounds ($786 million), according to one industry...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Oct 2009 07:31:34 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Harris Corp. to provide technical services to U.S. Air Force Air Mobility Command]]></title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Oct 2009 07:02:28 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Military under the gun on unmanned aerial system mishaps]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[A series of drone malfunctions poses a unique challenge to the Air Force and Army The hazards of operating unmanned aerial systems were magnified in September by a number of UAS mishaps for the Air Force and Army. On Sept. 27, an Army RQ-7B Shadow UAS crashed into the Mosul,...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Oct 2009 15:24:56 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[EADS, Northrop And Boeing Gird For Third Tanker Try]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[On Friday the 25th the U.S. Air Force posted the draft Request for Proposals RFP for the new KC-X aerial tanker.  This will be the third attempt since 2001 to begin buying aircraft to replace the KC-135 fleet that has served since the 1950's.  The full RFP may...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Sep 2009 02:58:31 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Pressure Building On KC-X Award]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[The recent semi-private World Trade Organization WTO ruling in the Airbus subsidiaries matter is now inserting itself into the U.S. Air Force's new tanker contract.  As we recently wrote about there are many Boeing supporters willing to use this ruling to support making the new contract sole source. ...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Sep 2009 02:57:35 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Leaked Air Force Budget Documents Shows Major Cuts]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Future budget documents for the Air Force have been leaked showing the service is planning major cuts to acquisition programs. by Matthew Potter]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Sep 2009 02:58:23 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[DTN News: Bolivia Looks To China, Brazil To Buy Combat Aircraft]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[ DTN News: Bolivia Looks To China, Brazil To Buy Combat Aircraft   *Source: DTN News / Int'l Media NSI News Source Info LA PAZ, Bolivia - September 1, 2009: Bolivia is looking to buy six combat aircraft from China or Brazil after the U.S. blocked the sale of...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Sep 2009 14:00:23 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[LM completes C-5B variant modernization]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[U.S. company Lockheed Martin was selected by the Air Force to upgrade its fleet of the C-5B variant strategic military transport aircraft as part of the Avionics Modernization Program. Lockheed Martin announced it has delivered the 50th modernized C-5B Galaxy under the program. "Completing the B-model fleet marks a significant...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 28 Aug 2009 09:16:14 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Budget Axeman Stalks Halls of Pentagon]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[The E-8C Joint Stars is supposed to start operations in Afghanistan next summer, but if Air Force officials cut upgrade packages, it may not be the higher-flying, multi-sensor platform that warfighters are hoping for.Credit: Northrop Grumman It certainly will not be able to meet the Joint Warfighter Urgent Operational Need...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 28 Aug 2009 06:42:30 -0700</pubDate>
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