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Thu, 25 Feb 10
Army Selects New Camouflage For Afghanistan
http://www.spacewar.com/reports/Army_Selects_New_Camouflage_For_Afghanistan_999.html
Washington DC (AFNS) Feb 24, 2010 - The secretary of the Army has announced that the Army will provide combat uniforms in the MultiCam pattern to all soldiers deploying to Afghanistan in support of Operation Enduring Freedom, starting this summer.

Thu, 25 Feb 10
Opportune Landing Site Testing Proves Successful
http://www.spacewar.com/reports/Opportune_Landing_Site_Testing_Proves_Successful_999.html
Vandenberg AFB CA (AFNS) Feb 24, 2010 - The AFRL-managed Opportune Landing Site (OLS) program recently conducted two successful landing site soil tests. Boeing and the US Army's Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory (CRREL) jointly developed the OLS software, which uses satellite imagery, digital terrain elevation data, and Air Force Weather Agency data to help find suitable landing sites for aircraft.

Thu, 25 Feb 10
Northrop Grumman Demonstrates VADER Dismount Detection
http://www.spacewar.com/reports/Northrop_Grumman_Demonstrates_VADER_Dismount_Detection_999.html
Linthicum MD (SPX) Feb 23, 2010 - Northrop Grumman has successfully completed flight testing of its new Vehicle and Dismount Exploitation Radar (VADER), capable of tracking vehicles and foot traffic over a wide area.

Thu, 25 Feb 10
Pawlikowski New Commander Of Air Force Research Laboratory
http://www.spacewar.com/reports/Pawlikowski_New_Commander_Of_Air_Force_Research_Laboratory_999.html
Wright-Patterson AFB OH (SPX) Feb 24, 2010 - Maj. Gen. Ellen Pawlikowski became the new commander of the Air Force Research Laboratory at a change-of-command ceremony in the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force on Feb. 12. She replaced Maj. Gen. Curtis Bedke, the AFRL commander for more than two years. Bedke also received the Legion of Merit upon his retirement after more than 30 years of Air Force service.

Fri, 19 Feb 10
Raytheon Miniature Air Launched Decoy Jammer Completes Critical Design Review
http://www.spacewar.com/reports/Raytheon_Miniature_Air_Launched_Decoy_Jammer_Completes_Critical_Design_Review_999.html
Orlando FL (SPX) Feb 19, 2010 - Raytheon's Miniature Air Launched Decoy Jammer (MALD-J) variant completed a major milestone when it passed a U.S. Air Force critical design review (CDR).

Fri, 19 Feb 10
Raytheon to Provide Improved Track Correlation and Fusion Capability
http://www.spacewar.com/reports/Raytheon_to_Provide_Improved_Track_Correlation_and_Fusion_Capability_999.html
Tewksbury MA (SPX) Feb 19, 2010 - Raytheon has been awarded a $4.8 million contract to develop and install a system that will provide improved intelligence and information sharing to the Joint Interagency Task Force-South (JIATF-S).

Fri, 19 Feb 10
Tata Motors enters combat vehicle market
http://www.spacewar.com/reports/Tata_Motors_enters_combat_vehicle_market_999.html
New Delhi (UPI) Feb 18, 2009 - India's domestic manufacturer Tata Motors, best known for cars and trucks, is to enter the combat vehicle market and bid for sales with the Indian army, senior management said.

Fri, 19 Feb 10
US-South Korean Exercise Debuts LockMart Simulation Program
http://www.spacewar.com/reports/US_South_Korean_Exercise_Debuts_LockMart_Simulation_Program_999.html
Orlando FL (SPX) Feb 17, 2010 - Lockheed Martin Warfighters Simulation (WARSIM) program delivered realistic division Warfighter results during its debut in a recent command post exercise conducted by the U.S. Army Second Infantry Division (2ID) and the Republic of Korea Army.

Fri, 19 Feb 10
US Navy's Large Aircraft Infrared Countermeasures System
http://www.spacewar.com/reports/US_Navy_Large_Aircraft_Infrared_Countermeasures_System_999.html
Rolling Meadows IL (SPX) Feb 16, 2010 - The Department of the Navy's CH-53E heavy lift helicopter fleet will continue to receive new Northrop Grumman-designed, built and tested Large Aircraft Infrared Countermeasure (LAIRCM) self-protection systems following the Pentagon's decision to authorize full rate production of the units.

Sat, 13 Feb 10
Boeing Connects First F-22 MTC To USAF Network
http://www.spacewar.com/reports/Boeing_Connects_First_F22_MTC_To_USAF_Network_999.html
St. Louis MO (SPX) Feb 12, 2010 - Boeing connected the F-22 Mission Training Center (MTC) at Langley Air Force Base, Va., to the U.S. Air Force's Distributed Mission Operations Network (DMON) in November, allowing F-22 pilots at the base to train virtually with pilots in other aircraft platforms for the first time. The MTC at Langley is the first of four F-22 training centers that Boeing will link to the network over the next three years.

Sat, 13 Feb 10
First RAF Pilot Flies JSF
http://www.spacewar.com/reports/First_RAF_Pilot_Flies_JSF_999.html
London, UK (SPX) Feb 12, 2010 - A Royal Air Force officer has become the first UK pilot to take to the skies in a Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II, known in the UK as the Joint Strike Fighter (JSF). Squadron Leader Steve Long flew at 20,000 feet (6,000m) over Naval Air Station Patuxent River, a tributary of Chesapeake Bay, Maryland, USA, where he has been based with VX-23 US Navy Air Test and Evaluation Squadron since May 2008.

Thu, 11 Feb 10
Advanced Algorithms to Enhance Mobile Autonomous Robots
http://www.spacewar.com/reports/Advanced_Algorithms_to_Enhance_Mobile_Autonomous_Robots_999.html
Eglin AFB FL (AFNS) Feb 11, 2010 - Air Force Research Laboratory awarded Imagination Engines, Inc., a Phase II Small Business Innovation Research contract to develop advanced algorithms for mobile autonomous robots. The Air Force needs creative terrain-sensing and multivalued behavior-fusion algorithms for these robots due to the high uncertainty and complexity of battlefield environments.

Thu, 11 Feb 10
New Lab-Funded Magnetron May Help Defeat Enemy Electronics
http://www.spacewar.com/reports/New_Lab_Funded_Magnetron_May_Help_Defeat_Enemy_Electronics_999.html
Arlington AFB VA (AFNS) Feb 11, 2010 - Air Force Research Laboratory-funded researchers at the University of Michigan invented a new type of magnetron that may be used in defeating enemy electronics. A vital component of military radar systems since World War II, a magnetron is a kind of vacuum tube that serves as the frequency source in microwave ovens, radar systems, and other high-power microwave circuits.

Thu, 11 Feb 10
Thermoelectric Cells Have A Bright Clean Future
http://www.spacewar.com/reports/Thermoelectric_Cells_Have_A_Bright_Clean_Future_999.html
Arlington AFB VA (AFNS) Feb 10, 2010 - The Air Force Office of Scientific Research and the National Science Foundation are funding research that may result in a military turbine aircraft that for the first time ever will produce its own electricity from exhaust heat generated from thermo electricity.

Thu, 11 Feb 10
X-55A A Success In The Making Of Advanced Composite Cargo Aircraft
http://www.spacewar.com/reports/X55A_A_Success_In_The_Making_Of_Advanced_Composite_Cargo_Aircraft_999.html
Wright-Patterson AFB OH (AFNS) Feb 10, 2010 - In June, Air Force Research Laboratory and Lockheed Martin completed the first flight demonstration of the Advanced Composite Cargo Aircraft. The success of this event prompted official Headquarters Air Force designation of the ACCA as the X-55A, effective in October.

Thu, 11 Feb 10
Britain says bomb tests on pigs saved lives in war zones
http://www.spacewar.com/reports/Britain_says_bomb_tests_on_pigs_saved_lives_in_war_zones_999.html
London (AFP) Feb 10, 2010 - Britain has defended the use of more than 100 pigs in military explosives tests in the past five years, saying the experiments had saved lives in Afghanistan and Iraq.

Thu, 11 Feb 10
Foam Replacing Wax In Aerospace Casting Foundries
http://www.spacewar.com/reports/Foam_Replacing_Wax_In_Aerospace_Casting_Foundries_999.html
Wright-Patterson AFB OH (AFNS) Feb 10, 2010 - Funded in part by Air Force Research Laboratory Manufacturing Technology Small Business Innovation Research contracts, FOPAT Production is producing breakthrough foam patterns for casting foundries and other manufacturers of aerospace components. The advanced patterns will improve casting processes by replacing wax, a known problematic material, with foam.

Wed, 10 Feb 10
Air Force-Funded Research Is Shattering Traditional Notions Of Laser Limits
http://www.spacewar.com/reports/Air_Force_Funded_Research_Is_Shattering_Traditional_Notions_Of_Laser_Limits_999.html
Arlington AFB VA (AFNS) Feb 09, 2010. - Air Force Office of Scientific Research and National Science Foundation-funded professor, Dr. Xiang Zhang has demonstrated at the University of California, Berkeley the world's smallest semiconductor laser, which may have applications to the Air Force in communications, computing and bio-hazard detection.

Wed, 10 Feb 10
DARPA Begins Legged Squad Support System Program
http://www.spacewar.com/reports/DARPA_Begins_Legged_Squad_Support_System_Program_999.html
Arlington VA (AFNS) Feb 09, 2010 - The program is a joint effort between DARPA's Tactical Technology Office (TTO) and the U.S. Marine Corps Warfighting Lab (MCWL). The program goal is to develop a walking quadruped platform that will augment squads by carrying traditional and new equipment autonomously.

Wed, 10 Feb 10
Geodesic Dome Phased-Array Antenna Demonstrates TT and C Capacity
http://www.spacewar.com/reports/Geodesic_Dome_Phased_Array_Antenna_Demonstrates_TT_and_C_Capacity_999.html
Wright-Patterson AFB OH (AFNS) Feb 09, 2010 - An Advanced Technology Demonstration pursuing sophisticated communications support for overtaxed Air Force Satellite Control Network assets took a giant step forward, proving an advanced antenna's capacity to establish multiple, simultaneous, dual-band (L-band and S-band) transmit and receive contacts for satellite telemetry, tracking, and command.

Wed, 10 Feb 10
Lasers Creates New Forms of Metal and Enhances Aircraft Performance
http://www.spacewar.com/reports/Lasers_Creates_New_Forms_of_Metal_and_Enhances_Aircraft_Performance_999.html
Arlington AFB VA (AFNS) Feb 09, 2010 - Dr. Chunlei Guo and his team of Air Force Research Laboratory-funded researchers from the University of Rochester are using laser light technology that will help the military create new forms of metal that may guide, attract, and repel liquids and cool small electronic devices.

Tue, 9 Feb 10
The Arjun tank faces it biggest trial
http://www.spacewar.com/reports/The_Arjun_tank_faces_it_biggest_trial_999.html
New Delhi (UPI) Feb 5, 2009 - India's Arjun tank will battle for its life against a squadron of Russian T-90s in trials likely to determine the controversial vehicle's future.

Tue, 9 Feb 10
IBM taking US Air Force into software cloud
http://www.spacewar.com/reports/IBM_taking_US_Air_Force_into_software_cloud_999.html
San Francisco (AFP) Feb 4, 2010 - IBM said Thursday it has been enlisted by the US Air Force to show how defense and intelligence networks can safely soar into the online software "cloud."

Thu, 4 Feb 10
First Production F135 Engine Delivered
http://www.spacewar.com/reports/First_Production_F135_Engine_Delivered_999.html
Singapore (SPX) Feb 04, 2010 - Pratt and Whitney has delivered the first F135 production engine for the F-35 Lightning II, a major milestone and clear demonstration of the maturity of the F135 engine. The engine has accrued more than 13,000 hours in test during the development program. Pratt and Whitney is a United Technologies company.

Thu, 4 Feb 10
Airbus Military A330 MRTT Refuels AWACS
http://www.spacewar.com/reports/Airbus_Military_A330_MRTT_Refuels_AWACS_999.html
Madrid, Spain (SPX) Feb 04, 2010 - The Airbus Military A330 Multi Role Tanker Transport (MRTT) has passed another key milestone with the refuelling of a Boeing E-3F AWACS airborne early warning aircraft - the first time the A330 MRTT has refuelled another large aircraft.

Thu, 4 Feb 10
Lockheed Martin to roll out more accurate laser-guided bomb
http://www.spacewar.com/reports/Lockheed_Martin_to_roll_out_more_accurate_laser-guided_bomb_999.html
Singapore (AFP) Feb 2, 2010 - US defence giant Lockheed Martin said Tuesday it will roll out by the middle of the year an improved laser-guided bomb that can strike targets with more accuracy and less collateral damage.

Thu, 4 Feb 10
US shifts military focus to militants, hi-tech weapons
http://www.spacewar.com/reports/US_shifts_military_focus_to_militants_hi-tech_weapons_999.html
Washington (AFP) Feb 1, 2010 - The Pentagon on Monday shifted its strategy to focus on the threat of Islamist militants and the spread of hi-tech missiles, warning that US military power faced new limits and constraints.

Thu, 4 Feb 10
Boeing B-52 With CONECT Upgrade Accomplishes First Test Flight
http://www.spacewar.com/reports/Boeing_B52_With_CONECT_Upgrade_Accomplishes_First_Test_Flight_999.html
Edwards AFB CA (SPX) Feb 02, 2010 - Boeing has announced that a B-52H upgraded with new communication technology successfully accomplished its first test flight at Edwards Air Force Base on Jan. 17. The Combat Network Communications Technology (CONECT) upgrade allows B-52H crews to receive and send real-time digital information during their missions.

Thu, 4 Feb 10
RAF Tornados Showcased
http://www.spacewar.com/reports/RAF_Tornados_Showcased_999.html
Norfolk, UK (SPX) Feb 02, 2010 - The Tornado Force based at RAF Marham in Norfolk showcased its state-of-the-art technology, which is being used in Afghanistan to support ground forces in their counter-insurgency and counter-improvised explosive device campaigns, at a media event yesterday, Tuesday 26 January 2010.

Thu, 4 Feb 10
The Thais Gear Up For Gripen
http://www.spacewar.com/reports/The_Thais_Gear_Up_For_Gripen_999.html
Linkoping, Sweden (SPX) Feb 02, 2010 - Training is underway at the Swedish Armed Forces Technical school in Halmstad and will continue until the end of the year. The technical training also includes a On the Job Training (OJT) part at the Swedish Air Force Wings F 7 in Satenas and F 17 in Ronneby.

Thu, 4 Feb 10
Russia unveils top secret new fighter
http://www.spacewar.com/reports/Russia_unveils_top_secret_new_fighter_999.html
Moscow (AFP) Jan 29, 2010 - Russia on Friday unveiled a new fighter aircraft touted as a rival of the US F-22 stealth jet and developed amid the highest secrecy as part of a plan to modernize the armed forces.

Thu, 4 Feb 10
First UK Service Pilot Flies F-35
http://www.spacewar.com/reports/First_UK_Service_Pilot_Flies_F35_999.html
Patuxent River MD (SPX) Feb 01, 2010 - A Royal Air Force officer on Tuesday became the first active-duty service pilot from the United Kingdom to take to the skies in a Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II, also known as the Joint Strike Fighter (JSF).

Thu, 4 Feb 10
Israeli soldiers get odour-free socks
http://www.spacewar.com/reports/Israeli_soldiers_get_odour-free_socks_999.html
Jerusalem (AFP) Jan 28, 2010 - Israel's foot soldiers are getting new odour-free socks that can be worn for two weeks straight without smelling or stinking up the feet, the Maariv daily reported on Thursday.