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‘NOVA’: The ‘Next Generation’ of Drone Surveillance

Jan 27, 2013
A new drone-mounted surveillance camera, chillingly described as the "Wide Area Persistent Stare," can see and record, all at once, virtually everything happening at ground level in a medium-sized city.A new drone-mounted surveillance camera, known as the "Wide Area Persistent Stare," can see and record virtually everything happening at ground level in a medium-sized city.

$40 Billion Tanker Contract Grounded

Sep 10, 2008
Unnecessary and extraordinarily expensive, the once-green-lit controversial KC-X midair refueling tanker program has stalled, according to the Pentagon. Any movement on the $40 billion contract to purchase new Air Force tankers will have to wait for the next U.S. administration, a clear sign that military-industrial complex spending is an institutional, rather than administrative, problem.

The Real Operation to ‘Rescue’ Ingrid Betancourt

Jul 9, 2008
The July 2nd rescue of French-Colombian politician Ingrid Betancourt and U.S. mercenaries employed by the Northrop Grumman Corp. was heralded as a dramatic victory over the anti-imperial FARC guerrilla forces in Colombia. The real story may be significantly less daring. The mainstream media's heroic rescue narrative is being contradicted by claims that a $20-million ransom payment was made.

Boeing Gains Ally in Tanker Battle

Jun 18, 2008
Boeing has friends in high places, as evidenced by the congressional Government Accountability Office siding Wednesday with the US aviation giant in a protest against a multibillion-dollar refueling tanker contract that was awarded earlier this year to a U-Europe team .