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Air Strikes Resume in Libya
NATO forces from Britain resumed airstrikes on Libya’s capital, Tripoli, Sunday continuing the effort to pressure Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi from more than four decades of rule.
EFF Urges Supreme Court to Crack Down on Bad Patents
San Francisco – The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF), joined by Public Knowledge and the Apache Software Foundation, urged the U.S. Supreme Court Tuesday to make it easier to invalidate bad patents — a decision that would benefit software...
RAF Showcases Its Tornado Force
The Tornado Force based at RAF Marham has showcased its state-of-the-art technology being used to support ground forces in the Counter Insurgency and Counter Improvised Explosive Device (IED) campaigns. This top class intelligence and surveillance capability,...
Ministry of Defence Announces Plan for 22 New Chinook Helicopters
The Ministry of Defence will give a major boost to the military helicopter fleet with 22 new Chinook helicopters, the Defence Secretary Bob Ainsworth has announced. The first ten new Chinooks will start to roll off the production line in 2012 and be completed...
Exercise Mountain Dragon Helping Troops Train to Fight the Taleban
Military personnel and industry partners are using pioneering technology to train Armed Forces personnel for fighting the Taleban in Afghanistan from a hangar at RAF Waddington near Lincoln. RAF Tornado aircrew from II (AC) Squadron based at RAF Marham...
New Support Contract Signed for British Army Apache Attack Helicopters Operating in Afghanistan
The Army Apache attack helicopters operating in Afghanistan will benefit from a £439m contract that will further improve their technical, engineering and logistic support, the MoD announced today. The new Integrated Operation Support (IOS) contract awarded...
Royal Navy Falkland’s Veteran Volunteers to Fly Against Taleban
A Royal Navy reservist and veteran of the Falkland’s conflict has volunteered for a tour in Afghanistan with 663 Squadron Army Air Corps, flying the Apache attack helicopter. Lieutenant Commander Bill O’Brien, 54 and from the South West, retired...
U.S. Army Chooses Goodrich for AH-64 Apache Helicopter Mission Data Recorder Upgrade
Goodrich Corporation has been selected by the U.S. Army’s Aviation and Missile Command (AMCOM) to upgrade mission data recorders for the Apache helicopter’s VUIT-2 program. Work will be done by Goodrich’s Sensors and Integrated Systems...
