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VMETRO to support F-35 program
Published: May 16, 2008 at 9:07 PM
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Navy contracts BAE for TCDL tech
Published: May 16, 2008 at 9:07 PM
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South African army to get wireless tech
Published: May 16, 2008 at 9:05 PM
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Analysis: European defense contracts
Published: May 16, 2008 at 10:15 PM
By LEANDER SCHAERLAECKENS
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BMD Watch: Japan changes space policy
Published: May 16, 2008 at 9:35 PM
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Analysis: China boosts Jiangxi air defense
Published: May 16, 2008 at 9:10 PM
By ANDREI CHANG
HONG KONG, May 16 (UPI) -- China's air force has substantially reinforced its air defense posture in Jiangxi province in the past year. There are indications that China has completed its second-line air defense operational deployment against Taiwan centered on Fujian and Jiangxi provinces. This has greatly expanded the depth of China's air defense coverage. -
Outside View: Russia at war -- Part 1
Published: May 16, 2008 at 12:07 PM
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UPI Outside View Commentator
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Published: May 15, 2008 at 7:16 PM
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Outside View: Georgia civil war -- Part 2
Published: May 15, 2008 at 12:13 PM
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UPI Outside View Commentator
MOSCOW, May 15 (UPI) -- Georgia's officer corps is said to be riddled with corruption, there are no trained sergeants, only about 50 percent of the nation's military equipment is operational, and coordinated operations in adverse conditions are impossible.
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F-22s successfully test TTNT at JEFX08
Published: May 5, 2008 at 8:32 PM
MARIETTA, Ga., May 5 (UPI) -- The U.S. Air Force says it has successfully tested a classified information transmission technology from two F-22 Raptor aircrafts to ground stations.
The Lockheed Martin F-22 Raptors sent the classified sensor data from the air to Nellis Air Force Base in Nevada and Langley Air Force Base in Virginia with new tactical targeting network technology under development by Rockwell Collins. The experiment was part of the U.S. Air Force's annual Joint Expeditionary Force Experiment where command and control and other targeting technologies are tested.
Officials say the F-22 data link test marked the first step for the fighter aircraft toward becoming network-enabled during JEFX08.
"Lockheed Martin was excited about the Air Force's decision to demonstrate the value of sharing F-22 intelligence surveillance and reconnaissance data with other fighters and back to the Combined Air Operations Center," Larry Lawson, Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Co. executive vice president and F-22 general program manager, said in a statement. "This is the first time in history that F-22 sensor data was down-linked to the Combined Air Operations Center using a tactical network."
The Lockheed Martin F-22 Raptors sent the classified sensor data from the air to Nellis Air Force Base in Nevada and Langley Air Force Base in Virginia with new tactical targeting network technology under development by Rockwell Collins. The experiment was part of the U.S. Air Force's annual Joint Expeditionary Force Experiment where command and control and other targeting technologies are tested.
Officials say the F-22 data link test marked the first step for the fighter aircraft toward becoming network-enabled during JEFX08.
"Lockheed Martin was excited about the Air Force's decision to demonstrate the value of sharing F-22 intelligence surveillance and reconnaissance data with other fighters and back to the Combined Air Operations Center," Larry Lawson, Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Co. executive vice president and F-22 general program manager, said in a statement. "This is the first time in history that F-22 sensor data was down-linked to the Combined Air Operations Center using a tactical network."
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