The FAA on Dec. 7 released airworthiness directives (AD) requiring operators of helicopters and passenger-carrying airplanes to prohibit certain operations requiring radio altimeter (RadAlt) data when in the presence of 5G wireless transmissions.
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Photos submitted for the Aviation Week Photo Contest’s Defense category usually are from training missions or air shows. But the hostilities in Israel and Gaza earlier this year put some photographers closer to the battlefield than they usually get.
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Since 2016, the U.S. has been racing to catch up with Chinese and Russian hypersonic weapons development. But political change has installed a new group of leaders in the Pentagon, including some who are now questioning the relevance and cost of such weapons. This webinar will explain in detail the breadth of the hypersonic weapons portfolio now in development and testing, and debate the operational utility of such weapons versus slower or less maneuverable alternatives in a future conflict.
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