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Entrevista con Instructora de OCEANOS María Fernanda Barbarena-Arias

Mi nombre es María Fernanda Barbarena-Arias. Soy una profesora asociada al Departamento de Ciencia Natural, específicamente Biología, en la Universidad Interamericana, en el Recinto Metropolitano. Para OCEANOS, soy una de las investigadoras. OCEANOS es un programa que en Puerto Rico está haciendo una contribución única porque está exponiendo a estudiantes que no son del sistema […]

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US approves sale of four E-7 early-warning planes to South Korea

US approves sale of four E-7 early-warning planes to South Korea

South Korea is cleared to buy four Boeing-made E-7 airborne early warning and control aircraft, often referred to as the Wedgetail, for nearly $5 billion under a foreign military sale the State Department approved Monday. The purchase would also include 10 CFM56 jet engines — eight installed on the Wedgetails and two more spares —

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Europe picks consortium for sovereign satellite constellation IRIS²

Europe picks consortium for sovereign satellite constellation IRIS²

PARIS — The European Commission picked a consortium led by SES, Eutelsat and Hispasat to deploy the IRIS² satellite constellation, as the European Union seeks its own satellite broadband system to ensure the bloc isn’t reliant on foreign entities such as Elon Musk’s Starlink. The parties will sign a 12-year concession contract by December, the

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How TGV Duplex sets the pace for first class train travel

How TGV Duplex sets the pace for first class train travel

France’s TGV is often lauded as the best high-speed rail service in the world. A trailblazer in the 1970s, the French network now crisscrosses France and beyond, offering fast and convenient connections. Indeed, the network is so popular that many trains are now built as double-deckers and boast as many as 20 carriages. But with

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Press Release: Air India completes merger with Vistara

Press Release: Air India completes merger with Vistara

Air India Group has completed the operational integration and legal merger between Air India and Vistara, creating a full-service carrier of scale and marking a significant milestone in the post-privatisation transformation journey. This follows the merger of the Group’s low-cost airlines Air India Express and AIX Connect (formerly Air Asia India) on 1 October 2024.

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France, UK embrace fully drone-based naval mine hunting with new tech

France, UK embrace fully drone-based naval mine hunting with new tech

PARIS — Thales will provide the French Navy with its first production version of an autonomous mine-hunting system by the end of the year as a first step to fully remote mine warfare, with the first system for the U.K.’s Royal Navy following in early 2025, the company said. France and the U.K. are moving to stand-off mine countermeasures, a choice

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North Dakota Aeromed Operator Steps Up For Vets

North Dakota Aeromed Operator Steps Up For Vets

Bismarck, North Dakota-based air ambulance operator Bismarck Air Medical and VETAir have combined to provide no-cost air transport for veterans needing medical care. Based in Amarillo, Texas, VETAir is a Veteran Service Organization (VSO) with expertise in arranging such flights within the Special Mode Transportation Air Ambulance (SMTAA) system. According to VETAir, the process of

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1,200 participants race in support of aviation — General Aviation News

1,200 participants race in support of aviation — General Aviation News

PARIS — Imagine racing on the runways of an international airport — not in your airplane, but on foot. That’s what happened Oct. 20, 2024, for the first time at Paris-Le Bourget Airport, when supporters and volunteers with Aviation Sans Frontières, a Paris-based NGO using aircraft and volunteers to support humanitarian needs around the world,

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French Rafale jets try Agile Combat Employment at NATO bases

French Rafale jets try Agile Combat Employment at NATO bases

In early November 2024, the French Air and Space Force carried out a series of deployments to support NATO’s Agile Combat Employment (ACE) concept, which enhances resilience and survivability in air operations.   The exercise took place from November 4 to 8, 2024, and included deploying Rafale fighter jets to bases in Germany and Croatia, along

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Watch the US Air Force carry out dramatic nighttime Minuteman III test

Air Force Global Strike Command carried out a test of an unarmed Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile late Tuesday night. The ICBM, which was equipped with multiple targeted reentry vehicles, launched from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California at about 11 p.m. Pacific time. It then flew about 4,200 miles, at roughly 15,000 miles per

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