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By Cal Biesecker

Tuesday, February 21st, 2012

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The Latest Word On Trends And Developments In Aerospace And Defense Bombs Away. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta suggests Feb. 17 the next-generation Air Force bomber, which he dubs a budget priority, will be a manned airplane.”They're going to look at both manned and unmanned capabilities for that, for that bomber in the future,” he says at a town-hall meeting at Barksdale AFB, La. “But...because of the bomber fleet that we have, because of the planes that we have, the likelihood is...we're…

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