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Soldiers manning the fuel pumps at forward refueling points are at risk from enemy targeting and the U.S. Army is testing out a new technology so that it can remove them from harm’s way.
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Photo: U.S. Army photo by Mrs. Kathleen Edwards (AMRDEC)
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Russia’s Deputy Defense Minister Yury Borisov said on Jul. 17 that his ministry is in talks with the Russian aerospace industry on “the development of an aircraft with a short take-off and landing, possibly with a vertical take-off and landing.”
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Hanwha Systems showed reporters a prototype of the company’s AESA radar designed for the KAI KF-X fighter.
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A seminar on future aerial warfare took place in Beijing, China on Jul. 3. Organized by Techxcope and Chinese Institute of Command and Control, one of the key speakers was the chief designer of Chengdu J-20, Yang Wei.
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The U.S. intelligence agencies may rely on commercial space synthetic aperture radar in the near future to spy on North Korea for impending ballistic missile launches.
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Graphic: Capella Space
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