Source: United Press International
Northrop Grumman's X-47B Unmanned Combat Air System demonstrator was launched Tuesday from the deck of the U.S. Navy carrier USS George H.W. Bush. PATUXENT RIVER, Md., May 15 (UPI) -- Northrop Grumman's X-47B Unmanned Combat Air System d ...
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Source: KMOV
(CBS) The U.S. Navy made history with a successful unmanned drone takeoff from an aircraft carrier. The achievement could revolutionize warfare. David Martin shares a look at the maiden voyage from aboard the U.S.S. George ...
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Source: San Mateo Daily Journal
ABOARD THE USS GEORGE H.W. BUSH — A drone the size of a fighter jet took off from the deck of an American aircraft carrier for the first time Tuesday in a test flight that could eventually open the way for the U ...
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Source: The Progressive
May is Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month, a month that has special significance for me, since I’m a child of Chinese immigrants who were able to live the American Dream. I am grateful for my heritage. And I ...
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Source: The Politico
With Stephanie Gaskell FURLOUGHS UNDER FIRE: Members of Congress are blasting civilian furloughs as yet another example of the devastating impact of sequestration on national defense — and, for many Republicans, another opportunity to try to shift ...
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Source: Miami Herald
MILWAUKEE -- Usually the desk job is the backup plan. And not professional baseball. Coming out of college, Burke Badenhop figured he needed to be realistic. He could chase a kid's dream or he could work for a big company with an almost guara ...
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Source: The Politico
REPUBLICANS AMPLIFY SUGGESTION OF WRONGDOING BY HHS — The agency took its lumps Tuesday — the GOP smelled blood and lunged over last week’s allegations that Secretary Kathleen Sebelius had hit up industry officials for financial assistance with the imple ...
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Source: San Diego Union-Tribune
The Navy says it will make its first attempt on Tuesday to launch Northrop Grumman's futuristic X-47B Unmanned Combat Air System drone from an aircraft carrier. The vehicle, which was developed at Northrop's San Diego County plants, is scheduled to under ...
Full article at: San Diego Union-Tribune
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Source: The Christian Post
Rachel Alexander, an attorney, is the editor of the Intellectual Conservative. Obama originally said when he ran for office that he would close the Guantanamo Bay prison, and after being elected in 2009, publicly in ...
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Source: NewsandTribune.com
Perhaps the most inspiring part of Doc Bowen’s legacy is that between 1946 and 1972 he delivered 3,000 Hoosier babies when he was the small-town family physician in Bremen. The future Indiana governor would say that having his ...
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