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The story of the world’s first microprocessor – F-14 Central Air Data Computer

Posted on December 24, 2020 by alert5

As we mark the 50th anniversary of the F-14’s first flight, an editor at WIRED was able to reach out to Ray Holt, one of the engineers who created the world’s first microprocessor – the Tomcat’s Central Air Data Computer.

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F-16V to test counter Cruise Missile Defense role

Posted on December 24, 2020 by alert5

The U.S. Air Force has been busy testing the new M7.3 update for the F-16 and will later the role of counter Cruise Missile Defense using jets equipped with the new AN/APG-83 AESA radar.

Lt. Col. Stephen Graham, 84th TES electronic warfare test director, taxis on the flight line as he prepares to conduct Force Development Evaluations of multiple systems on the F-16, Dec. 15, Nellis Air Force Base, Nev. (U.S. Air Force Photo by Major Mike Giaquinto)

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Leonardo hacked by its own employees, files on nEUROn stolen

Posted on December 23, 2020December 23, 2020 by alert5

Two people working for Italian defense contractor Leonardo had installed malware on the company’s computers and stole at least 10 gigabytes of data between 2015 and 2017.

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Chinese and Russian military aircraft carried out joint air patrol

Posted on December 23, 2020 by alert5

Four Chinese bombers and 15 Russian military aircraft carried out a joint air patrol on Dec. 22. Japan and South Korea scrambled fighter jets to keep track of those warplanes.

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Most advance F-15s in operation join U.S. forces in Gulf for exercise

Posted on December 22, 2020 by alert5

F-15SAs from the Royal Saudi Air Force join U.S. Air Force F-15Es and F-16s in a combined joint air operations in the Gulf on Dec. 17-18.

201217-N-PS962-1450 ARABIAN GULF (Dec. 17, 2020) – The Royal Saudi Naval Force corvette HMS Badr (612), front to back, the guided-missile destroyer USS Winston S. Churchill (DDG 81), Navy patrol coastal ships USS Squall (PC 7), USS Firebolt (PC 10), Coast Guard patrol boats USCGC Monomoy (WPB 1326), USCGC Maui (WPB 1304) and USCGC Wrangell (WPB 1332) transit the Arabian Gulf with Royal Saudi Air Force F-15SA fighter jets, U.S. Air Force F-16 Fighting Falcon fighter jets, a U.S. Navy MH-60R Sea Hawk helicopter and a U.S. Navy P-8A Poseidon aircraft during the joint and combined air operations in support of maritime surface warfare (AOMSW) exercise in the Arabian Gulf, Dec. 17. Combined integration operations between joint U.S. forces are regularly held to maintain interoperability and the capability to counter threats posed in the maritime domain, ensuring freedom of navigation and free flow of commerce throughout the region’s heavily trafficked waterways. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Louis Thompson Staats IV)

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