USAF airborne LASER destroys boosting missile

Posté le 12 février 2010 de Toni G.

2/12/2010 – WASHINGTON (AFNS) – Missile Defense Agency officials demonstrated the potential use of directed energy to defend against ballistic missiles when the Airborne Laser Testbed, successfully destroyed a boosting ballistic missile Feb. 11 over the Pacific Ocean.

The experiment, conducted at Point Mugu Naval Air Warfare Center-Weapons Division Sea Range off the central California coast, serves as a proof-of-concept demonstration for directed energy technology.
The Airborne Laser Testbed is a pathfinder for the nation’s directed energy program and its potential application for missile defense technology.

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AEROFLOT’s enlargement – The bigger, the safer?

Posté le 11 février 2010 de Toni G.

Aeroflot’s enlargement designed to boost air safety, but carries risk

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Russian 5th generation fighter aircraft Sukhoi PAK FA / T-50 deliveries delayed

Posté le 10 février 2010 de Toni G.

Russian 5th-generation fighter deliveries delayed until 2015

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News – Nato cargo via Kazakhstan

Posté le 27 janvier 2010 de Toni G.

NATO, Kazakhstan sign Afghanistan cargo transit deal

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F-15 rewire flight

Posté le 25 janvier 2010 de Toni G.

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by Wayne Crenshaw
78th Air Base Wing Public Affairs

1/19/2010 – ROBINS AIR FORCE BASE, Ga. – A new rewire flight at Robins is playing a key role in keeping the aging F-15 Eagle flying for years to come.

The flight will perform a complete rewire on 122 F-15s during the next five years. The rewiring will be done on C and D models, and when complete, the flight will spend at least another five years working on E models.

Keith Gilstrap, the rewire flight chief, said the reason for the rewire is that the insulation on the existing wire is getting brittle and causing shorts. Although it has not caused any crashes, it has led to a significant amount of field repair time and false troubleshooting, as technicians try to figure out why aircraft systems fail intermittently, he said.