Myanmar could be fourth operator of Yak-130

Filings by Irkut on the Russian government’s procurement website revealed that Myanmar has placed an order for a Yak-130 simulator. This could mean that Myanmar is the fourth nation after Algeria, Belarus and Bangladesh to operate the advanced jet trainer.

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NRL, Penn State Univ. demonstrates cooperative soaring concept for UAVs

Researchers at the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) and the Air Vehicle Intelligence and Autonomy (AVIA) Lab at Penn State University (PSU), have successfully demonstrated the use of cooperative autonomous soaring algorithms to keep unmanned sailplanes aloft for sustained flight durations.

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Constant Phoenix being activated to verify North Korea’s latest nuclear testing claim

The U.S. Air Force has activated one of its WC-135 Constant Phoenix and have the aircraft take air samples near North Korea in order to verify if the country had really detonated a nuclear weapon on Jan. 6.

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