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Melding fra Stavanger Astronomiske Forening

Hei,

Da er det tid for å starte opp en ny sesong på Byhaugen.  Vi åpner døren onsdag 5.august kl. 19.30.  Alle er hjertelig velkommen

Og så minner vi om:

Onsdag 12.august er det delvis solformørkelse på himmelen over Stavanger. Selve formørkelsen starter kl. 19.04 og varer i 1 time og 48 minutter. 87% av solen vil være dekket av månen under maksimum. Vi åpner dørene på Byhaugen kl. 18.30. Hjertelig velkommen til en uforglemmelig aften.
Og for de som ønsker mer astronomi, så er det meteorsvermen Perseidene på natten før og etter.

 

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How Drone, Missile Threats are Changing Emergency Medical Services — Ongoing security threats across the  Middle East, Eastern Europe and the  Persian Gulf are forcing emergency  medical systems into prolonged  periods of high-intensity emergency response...

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 Det er ufattelig at det hittil har tatt 15 år for å få etablert internasjonale regler for BVLOS og spesielt luftrom (Special Use Airspace) for alle mulige planlagte flygende innretninger under 10 000 fot. Mange selskaper har lagt inn årene fordi de var for tidlig ute. Og flere vil det bli. (Red.)

UK Plans for BVLOS Drone Airspace Sharing

The concept would reduce reliance on restricted areas as beyond-visual-line-of-sight operations expand.

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En del har kommet ut om Quarterhorse, også gjengitt her på bloggen, men her en en god artikkel på norsk om denne kvikkassen som etter hvert beveger seg inn i det hypersoniske området. American Quarter Horse utmerker seg for glimrende spurt egenskaper. (Red.)

Sjekk https://tinyurl.com/ymfp3cef

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Air Force CCA Aircraft Move Into Early Production

The first Ohio-built Fury has left Anduril’s production line as General Atomics begins manufacturing its competing FQ-42A.

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CACI Gets $500M C-UAS SkyValor IDIQ Contract for Domestic Shield Effort

By The Editor on Aug 03, 2026 06:45 am

CACI International Inc. announced that as the first task order of a three-year $500 million Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract, SkyValor, CACI’s advanced drone defense system, will be deployed to strategic locations as part of a larger national security effort led by Joint Interagency Task Force 401 (JIATF-401) to defend U.S. interests at home and abroad […]

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Russia Detains Billionaire in Drone Fraud Case

By The Editor on Aug 03, 2026 06:40 am

Russian billionaire Valery Kustov has been arrested on suspicion of fraud related to a state contract for drone production. Moscow’s Meshchansky District Court ordered the arrest of Efko’s director of strategic development, Vladislav Romantsev, and deputy development director Ekaterina Kustova. Both were placed in pre-trial detention on fraud charges. In a statement, the company confirmed the […]

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Ukrainian-Danish Venture to Build 12,000 SAKER Military Drones Annually

By The Editor on Aug 03, 2026 06:30 am

Ukrainian deftech company Twist Robotics has signed an agreement to establish a joint venture with Danish Vidar Industries. The partners will jointly produce Twist Robotics’ Saker UAVs for the European market: Scout, Hetman, and Hunter. The joint venture will be located in Denmark and is expected to produce 12,000 drones in the first year. The volumes may then […]

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US Army and Auriga Space to Develop Low-Cost Electromagnetic Weapons Against Drone Swarms

By The Editor on Aug 03, 2026 06:15 am

Auriga Space and the U.S. Army Combat Capabilities Development Command Armaments Center (DEVCOM AC) have signed a three-year Cooperative Research and Development Agreement (CRADA) to advance electromagnetic (EM) accelerators as a lower-cost, high-cadence solution to counter Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS). Auriga has been developing and testing its electromagnetic propulsion technology under existing Department of War (DoW) […]

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Air Force Budget Has T-7A Funding "Wedge" To Account For Any EMD Changes — DAYTON, Ohio--The Air Force's plan to approve the three  low-rate initial production (LRIP) lots one by one for the Boeing [BA] T-7A Red Hawk includes a funding "wedge" to ensure that the service can iron out any technological wrinkles before… ----oooo00O00oooo----

Vel, ikke akkurat dnytt, men en så vesentlig oppdatering at dette blir et nytt fly. (Red.)

TASK & PURPOSE B-52 modernization effort sees delays, rising costs, watchdog finds

A new Government Accountability Office report found “performance challenges” in the program to keep the aging bomber in service through 2050.

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Aviate, Navigate, Communicate,...Investigate - a hierarchy of priorities that saves lives. On 26 October 2023, a flight crew mismanaged an approach to Val-d’Or and narrowly avoided controlled flight into terrain (CFIT). The experienced captain made an incorrect entry into the flight management system (FMS) and followed this with ineffective attempts to correct the error. At the same time, the inexperienced first officer acting as pilot flying (PF) continued an excessively steep off-track descent without visual reference until the approach was discontinued when terrain proximity alerts were activated. The aircraft operator subsequently made significant changes to its flight crew training and operating procedures.

 

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