Avweek: Light Airplanes Boost Close Air Support
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As mechanized forces bog down in the fight against insurgents in Afghanistan, low-tech solutions to problems become more attractive. One of these is the use of small, simple aircraft to replace jets for the close air support (CAS), armed reconnaissance and intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) missions that dominate air [...]
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AvWeek: Brazil Fighter Decision Imminent?
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It is crunch time for Brazil and the fighter competition there, industry officials believe.
The Brazilian government will either make an announcement about who won - the Boeing F/A-18E/F, Dassault Rafale, and Saab Gripen NG are in the running - in the next few days, or the process will be delayed for a long time.
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AvWeek: Tanker RFP Delayed
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Release of the request for proposals (or should it be proposal given Northrop Grumman’s no-bid threat) appears to be slipping into March.
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