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Future USAF munitions will have imaging sensor similar to insect’s eye

Posted on March 11, 2015March 11, 2015 by alert5

The Air Force Small Business Innovation Research / Small Business Technology Transfer (SBIR/STTR) program office recently funded a Phase II follow-on contract to develop wide field-of-view (WFOV) imaging seekers to guide future munitions.

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China jails two for selling pictures of carrier Liaoning

Posted on March 11, 2015March 11, 2015 by alert5

Chinese state media reported last week that two men had been sent to jail for taking photos of military installations and equipment and selling them to foreign spies.
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Recent Turkish F-4 accidents likely due to pilot error

Posted on March 11, 2015 by alert5

Turkish Defense Minister İsmet Yılmaz said the recent spate of F-4 accidents are likely due to pilot error.

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U.S. lawmakers want Obama to sell MQ-1 to Jordan in order to fight ISIL

Posted on March 11, 2015March 11, 2015 by alert5

Twenty-three U.S. members of Congress have penned a letter to U.S. President Obama, seeking to have his administration supply surplus MQ-1 UAVs to Jordan in order to fight ISIL in Syria.

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F-16s from 169th FW helped rescue stranded boaters

Posted on March 11, 2015March 11, 2015 by alert5

Two F-16s from the South Carolina Air National Guard’s 169th Fighter Wing were vectored to help locate a 25-foot pleasure boat with two stranded boaters aboard on Mar. 8.

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