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• Brian Everstine
The U.S. Air Force says last year’s MC-1B Predator crash in Afghanistan resulted from turbulence combined with a turbocharger failure. The incident occurred after the drone experienced the propulsion malfunction, culminating in a crash, according to the service’s announcement.
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• Burak Ege Bekdil
By DefenseNews.com: ANKARA — Turkey's top procurement panel decided Wednesday Jan. 7to place anorder forfour more F-35 fighter jets and five more CH-47F Chinook heavy transport helicopters, the government announced.
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• Vivek Raghuvanshi
By DefenseNews.com: NEW DELHI — Indian Defence Secretary Radha Krishna Mathur is in Paris Monday and Tuesday to help speed negotiations on the Medium Multirole Combat Aircraft (MMRCA) program, an Indian Defence Ministry source said.
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• Aaron Mehta
By DefenseNews.com: WASHINGTON — The gun on the F-35 joint strike fighter remains on schedule to go operational in 2017, the Pentagon said Wednesday.
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• Aaron Mehta
By DefenseNews.com: WASHINGTON — The secretary of the Air Force is "disappointed" that SpaceX was not certified for military space launch before the end of 2014, but remains confident the company will meet the requirements set forth from the service.
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• Deanne Corbett
By DefenseNews.com: The German military intends to revive its controversial Euro Hawk unmanned aerial vehicle program after it was canceled in 2013 due to spiraling costs and airworthiness issues.
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• Jaroslaw Adamowski
By DefenseNews.com: Slovakia's Minister of Defense Martin Glvac has unveiled plans to acquire nine UH-60 Black Hawk helicopters in a deal estimated to be worth up to €300 million euros (US $348 million), reports local daily Pravda.
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• Awad Mustafa
By DefenseNews.com: The United Arab Emirates may be offloading up to 10 Mirage 2000-9s to the Iraqi Air Force in March, according to a UAE government source.
The War Zone
• Joseph Trevithick
