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One day after the activation of the nuclear reactor in Bushehr, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad unveiled another new achievement: a long-range drone, dubbed Karar, which reportedly can bomb targets at high speed.

NEWTOWN, Pa., August 20th, 2010 — The Lockheed Martin [NYSE: LMT] team developing the U.S. Air Force’s next generation Global Positioning System, known as GPS III, has successfully completed the program’s Critical Design Review (CDR) phase two months ahead of the baseline schedule. 

LONG BEACH, Calif., Aug. 19, 2010 – Boeing [NYSE: BA] announced today that Headquarters U.S. Air Force Directorate of Operations (HQ USAF/A3O) has endorsed the company’s C-130 Avionics Modernization Program (AMP) Head-Up Display (HUD) and Head-Down Primary Flight Display (HDPFD) as the aircraft’s primary flight reference. 

SHENYANG, China, Aug. 18 (Yonhap) — A North Korean MiG 21 crashed  in a Chinese border area, killing the pilot aboard who may have attempted to defect to Russia, intelligence sources here said Wednesday.

Members of the 37th Airlift Squadron here delivered equipment from Army, Air Force, Marine and Navy units throughout the U.S. European Command theater of operations.

Vladimir Putin was serenaded by the strains of Abba’s Dancing Queen as he congratulated emergency workers on their battle against Russia’s wild fires.

CAPE CANAVERAL AIR FORCE STATION, August 14th, 2010 — The first Advanced Extremely High Frequency (AEHF) satellite built by Lockheed Martin [NYSE: LMT] for the U.S. Air Force, was successfully launched today from Cape Canaveral aboard an Atlas V rocket provided by the United Launch Alliance. 

SEATTLE — Defense contractor Lockheed Martin Corp. received a contract worth about $309 million for work on the Army and Marine Corps' Javelin antitank missile program.

As recently as two years ago, the company, a principal and founding member of the Lockheed Martin-led F-35 industry team, was delivering a center fuselage for this fifth generation, multi-role fighter to Lockheed Martin’s final assembly facility in Fort Worth, Texas about once every 30 days. 

Colombia has requested the possible purchase of nine more Sikorsky UH-60L Black Hawk utility helicopters to support its counter-narcotics and armed forces modernisation efforts.

If the chief scientist of the US Air Force is correct, the key technology challenge for airpower over the next two decades is not directed energy, cruise missile defence or even satellite-killing weapons.

Sikorsky Aircraft Corp. has filed a protest against U.S. Naval Air Systems Command (Navair) demanding the suspension of a request for proposals (RFP) for Russian Mi-17 helicopters for Afghanistan

Dmitry Medvedev held a meeting to draft and approve additional fire safety measures for strategic facilities.

Czech company LOM has won a NATO tender worth Kc250 million ($13.4 million) to repair four Mil Mi-17 transport helicopters: two each for Bulgaria and Romania.

US defence officials have confirmed that Oman has asked for a potential sale of 18 Lockheed Martin F-16 Block 50/52s fighters for $3.5 billion in a move that dampens the UK government's hopes to offload a batch of new Eurofighter Typhoons.

NAVAL AIR SYSTEMS COMMAND, PATUXENT NAVAL AIR STATION, Md. — The E-6B Airborne Strategic Command, Control and Communications Program Office (PMA-271) completed a Gate 6 / Milestone C review for the E-6B Modification program (Acquisition Category II) June 8.

NAVAL AIR SYSTEMS COMMAND, PATUXENT RIVER, Md. — Members of the E-2/C-2 Program Office (PMA-231) French Foreign Military Sales team joined the French Flotilla 4F E-2C squadron July 2 in celebration of the 10th Anniversary of the squadron stand-up in Lorient, France.