The Air Force has reached a preliminary decision to select McConnell Air Force Base, Kan., to be the first active-duty main operating base for its Boeing-built KC-46A tankers — bringing an end to a contest that had pitted several congressional delegations against each other.
We are deeply concerned to learn that the Army has once again failed to fund production of the … [Abrams] tank
Nothing in this act shall be construed to authorize an additional Base Realignment and Closure round.
The Army said Sgt. 1st Class Michael McClendon, a 23-year veteran who did two tours in Iraq, was charged with indecency, dereliction of duties, cruelty and maltreatment for being in ‘possession of inappropriate images taken without consent.’
Carter is expected to address industry concerns regarding controlling costs, excessive oversight, and the appropriate use of fixed-price and lowest price technically acceptable contracts
officials said the president in coming weeks plans to lift the administration’s prohibition on sending detainees to Yemen.
While he isn't planning to detail how to speed up transfers from the prison
We are five years away from our initial delivery so technical issues arise like this.
The program is pursuing a dual path by developing a second, less capable helmet while working to fix the first helmet design
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Both PAK FA, J-20 and J-31 are possibly where we were in excess of 10-12 years ago in their development time frames, so all those aeroplanes have still got a long, long way to go
Let me tell you, I don't think that they have the level of stealth that's available in U.S. fifth generation aircraft, and it's by a significant factor
However, after we went to Germany and started negotiations, we got a cheaper price and we could buy 164 units
We will have all of them already in Indonesia when the TNI celebrates its anniversary on Oct. 5
We have told our South Korean counterparts that we will continue doing our part. Whatever their decision is, and whatever technology they focus on, we will follow their lead and our 20 percent of share will remain
We don’t want to call the postponement a failure or annulment. KFX/IFX is not a failed project. It was merely because of the transition of government in South Korea
In those early days I recall no intent — expressed publicly or privately — to engage in a large, open-ended occupation in that poor, war-torn, landlocked country, nor try to establish an American-style democracy there
It is easier to get into something than it is to get out of it.
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