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  • Dancing with a Dragon: a physiologist’s tale

    The following article is part two of a three-part series about the men and women behind the operation of the U-2 Dragon Lady reconnaissance aircraft. Several attendants gather in a corner office before dawn to begin the process of testing a suit, designed with both functionality and comfort in mind,

  • UAV reaches new milestone in fight against Daesh

    As the morning sun beat down on its nearly 131-foot wingspan, the EQ-4 Global Hawk unmanned aircraft descended from its 60,000 foot perch for the 500th time, coming to rest at an undisclosed location in Southwest Asia, Nov. 11, 2015.The Veterans Day landing marked the first time in the history the