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Czech approves plan for joint airspace protection with Slovakia

Posted on January 12, 2017 by alert5

The Czech cabinet has given the green light to participate in a joint airspace protection arrangement with neighboring Slovakia.

Milan Nykodym [CC BY-SA 2.0], via Wikimedia Commons
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AFRL says IBM’s neuromorphic chip can pick out tanks from radar images

Posted on January 12, 2017 by alert5

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.

By DARPA SyNAPSE [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
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X-37B OTV-4 has spent more than 600 days in orbit

Posted on January 12, 2017 by alert5

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.

By USAF [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons

Lockheed Martin to develop airborne EW pod for anti-ship missile defense

Posted on January 12, 2017January 12, 2017 by alert5

In order to expand the detection range of the SLQ-32 electronic warfare system on board its warships, the U.S. Navy has tasked Lockheed Martin to come up with an electronic warfare pod to be mounted on the MH-60 naval helicopter.

By U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Steven Harbour [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
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China sent H-6 bomber to Spratly Islands

Posted on January 12, 2017 by alert5

An anonymous U.S. official disclosed that China had sent a H-6 bomber around the Spratly archipelago last weekend. It was the second such flight in a month.