January 24, 2010 Military Aviation News
01/24/2010
A young Air Force pilot, weaned on computer games, scans his video screen for the enemy he's stalking from thousands of miles away. A camera-equipped unmanned aerial vehicle known as a Reaper provides the video.
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01/24/2010
Thales is Europe's most important player in the targeting pod market with its Damocles multifunction pod for day/night laser-guided weapon capability. Though the Dassault Aviation Rafale is its primary platform, Damocles has been purchased for the Dassault Mirage 2000, Dassault Super Étendard Modernisé, and Sukhoi Su-30MK aircraft.
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01/24/2010
An internal Navy briefing obtained by CongressDaily suggests, without saying it right out, that the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter ballyhooed by Defense Secretary Gates will cost so much to buy and fly that the service might have to find a cheaper plane to fill up its carrier decks.
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