Today's Defense & Aerospace News
New RAF C-17 aircraft touches down in the UK
A new C-17 transport aircraft has been unveiled today by the Defence Secretary at RAF Brize Norton in Oxfordshire.
Philip Hammond welcomed the £200m aircraft which arrived in the UK this week from Boeing's production plant in California, USA.
This aircraft is the eighth C-17 in the RAF's fleet. Known as 'the workhorse of the RAF', they play...
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Army refining long-term MRAP plan
WASHINGTON (Army News Service, May 24, 2012) -- The U.S. Army is in the process of refining a long-term plan for its fleet of 20,000 blast-deflecting, mine-resistant, ambush-protected vehicles, known as MRAPs, service officials explained.
Some of the MRAPS will be placed in brigade combat team configurations for as-needed troop transport and route clearance missions...
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Spacex Dragon Attached To Space Station In Spaceflight First
The International Space Station's Expedition 31 crew grappled and attached SpaceX's Dragon capsule to the space station Friday. This is the first time a commercial company has accomplished this type of space operation.
"Today marks another critical step in the future of American spaceflight," NASA Administrator Charles Bolden said. "Now that a...
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- Australian Navy completes maritime exercises with China