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US Air Force releases draft Huey replacement RFP
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The US Air Force has released a draft request for proposals to replace its UH-1N Huey helicopters, calling for a full and open to procure up to 84 helicopters.
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Will 2020 be the end of the C-130H fleet?-testing
// Air Force Technology News Press Releases
Air National Guard's military transport fleet at risk of being grounded by 2020 if US Congress fails to call cards.
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F-35 Begins Integrated Training With F-16 At Luke
// Aero-News Network
Sorties Dedicated To Integrated Training For 4th And 5th Generation Fighters In October, pilots of the 56th Fighter Wing began flying integrated direct support practice sorties in the F-35A Lightning II and the F-16 Fighting Falcon for the first time as a regular component of the training curriculum at Luke Air Force Base.
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European Aviation Network Is Airborne
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Broadband Solution For Airline Passengers Integrates Satellite, LTE-Based Terrestrial Network A major milestone has been reached in the development of the European Aviation Network (EAN) with the completion of the program's first test flights.
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Drone Racing Established In South Africa
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Drone Racing Africa Has An Educational Component Along With Competition A fully-funded drone racing league has been established in South Africa. The mission of Drone Racing Africa is to encourage everyone from young people to adults to learn how to control a drone as well as race them competitively.
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NASA and Orbital ATK partner up to build technologies for space-based construction
// Gizmag Emerging Technology Magazine

Building things in orbit is an inherently tricky business – just look at the 13 or so years it took to us piece together the International Space Station. Granted not all the structures we build in space will be the size of a football field, but having robots handle the heavy lifting could go a long way to keeping humans out of danger and speeding things up. To that end, NASA has teamed up with private space firm Orbital ATK to develop new technologies for in-orbit assembly of large space structures, all in the name of getting us to Mars and beyond.
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Progress MS-04 cargo craft was on its way to the International Space Station when it broke up in the atmosphere and fell to Earth An unmanned Russian cargo spaceship has broken up in the atmosphere and crashed over Siberia en route to the International Space Station, according to the Russian spac...
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