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Posted on January 10, 2020 by alert5

U.S. Air Force Capt William Miller, the executive officer for the 25 Flying Training Squadron flies in the squadrons T-38 Talon heritage plane on Dec. 10, 2019. The plane was designed to honor past visionaries and link current training to the 25th FTS heritage.(U.S. Air Force photo by SrA Octavius Thompson)

USN working on Actively Stabilized Refueling Drogue System

Posted on January 10, 2020January 10, 2020 by alert5

The U.S. Navy has successfully carried out wind tunnel testing and demonstrations of its Actively Stabilized Refueling Drogue System (ASDRS) in August last year.

Photo: U.S. Navy
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Singapore cleared to buy 4 F-35Bs with options for 8 more

Posted on January 10, 2020January 10, 2020 by alert5

The U.S. State Department has cleared the sale of 4 F-35s with options for 8 more to Singapore for an estimated cost of $2.750 billion.

Sgt. 1st Class MilagrosLaura Laura [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons

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USAF F-16s are each running three concurrent Kubernetes clusters

Posted on January 9, 2020 by alert5

Kubernetes, an open-source container-orchestration system for automating application deployment, scaling, and management, was successfully installed on the F-16 fighter within 45 days by the U.S. Air Force.

English: Capt. Tana R.H. Stevenson, U.S. Air Force [Public domain]

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Israel announces major breakthrough in airborne laser weapon development

Posted on January 9, 2020January 9, 2020 by alert5

Israel’s Defense Ministry announced on Jan. 8 that it had achieve a breakthrough in laser weapon technology program which will become operational within a year and a half.

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