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Researchers at the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) and the Air Vehicle Intelligence and Autonomy (AVIA) Lab at Penn State University (PSU), have successfully demonstrated the use of cooperative autonomous soaring algorithms to keep unmanned sailplanes aloft for sustained flight durations.
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Photo: U.S. Naval Research Laboratory
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The U.S. Air Force has activated one of its WC-135 Constant Phoenix and have the aircraft take air samples near North Korea in order to verify if the country had really detonated a nuclear weapon on Jan. 6.
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By Ken H / @chippyho [CC BY-SA 2.0], via Wikimedia Commons
In a notice for awarding a $66 million contract to Raytheon for Rolling Airframe Missile (RAM) Block 2 guided missiles, the Pentagon said the contract includes an option for foreign military sales to Japan.
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The U.S. Air Force Technical Applications Center at Patrick Air Force Base confirmed that it had detected seismic activity near where North Korea had claimed to have tested a hydrogen bomb.
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U.S. Air Force photo by Susan A. Romano
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Nigeria has set aside $25 million to purchase three JF-17 fighters this year, according to documents related to the country’s 2016 budget.
By Shimin Gu [GFDL 1.2 or GFDL 1.2], via Wikimedia Commons
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