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Monday, April 5th, 2010

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The Latest Word On Trends And Developments In Aerospace And Defense A Super Delivery. The U.S. Navy delivers five F/A-18E/F Block II Super Hornets to the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF), the first for that country. The RAAF has been flying the F/A-18 legacy Hornet since 1984, the Block II Super Hornet will give added capabilities to the country's warfighters, the Navy says. The Block II improvements give the aircraft upgrades including sensors, data links, open computing architecture and an…

Congress

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Senate Dems Block Consideration Of FY ‘27 NDAA Over Iran War Concerns

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Concerns Raised At SASC Hearing On Unobligated Reconciliation Funds And Lack Of Updates On Iran War Cost

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Unmanned Systems

CBO Says Upfront Costs To Protect Military Installations From Drones Between $1 Million And $74 Million

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