Day: January 12, 2017
Poland exploring the possibility of buying up to 96 second-hand F-16s
Poland is reported to be exploring the possibility of buying up to 96 second-hand F-16s and to overhaul and upgrade them in the country.
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Czech approves plan for joint airspace protection with Slovakia
The Czech cabinet has given the green light to participate in a joint airspace protection arrangement with neighboring Slovakia.
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AFRL says IBM’s neuromorphic chip can pick out tanks from radar images
A neuromorphic CMOS chip produced by IBM is able to pick out tanks and other vehicles from synthetic aperture radar (SAR) images while using a minimal amount of energy to do so.
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X-37B OTV-4 has spent more than 600 days in orbit
The current OTV-4 mission of the X-37B space plane has cross the 600 days mark and if it still orbits the Earth after Mar. 23, it will break the previous record set by OTV-3.
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