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A fatal incident at Kadena Air Base last year has highlighted the underappreciated hazard of helicopter rotor wash, which can toss personnel, unsecured equipment and light aircraft into dangerous turbulence near operating rotors. It is prompting renewed scrutiny of training, ground procedures and perimeter control at military and civilian airfields.
Ars Technica
• Stephen Clark
By Ars Technica: Planet wants to prevent "adversarial actors" from using images for "Battle Damage Assessment" purposes.
CNBC
• Dan Mangan
By CNBC: President Trump said he met with CEOs of BAE Systems, Lockheed Martin, Northrop Grumman, RTX Corp., Boeing, Honeywell Aerospace and L3Harris Missile Solutions.
Stars and Stripes
• Gary Warner
By Stars and Stripes: The Air Force said the long-range flight allows engineers and weapons systems analysts to collect data on the missile’s accuracy and reliability.
Associated Press
By Associated Press: Satellite images and videos of an Iranian girls school damaged by large explosions at the start of a U.S.
Reuters
By Reuters: Switzerland now expects to purchase around 30 Lockheed Martin F-35A Lightning II fighter jets, six fewer than initially projected, because of cost increases in the order, the government said on Friday.
Reuters
By Reuters: The Pentagon said on Friday it will conduct testing with the Federal Aviation Administration this weekend in New Mexico of high-energy laser used to address threatening drones.
Aviation Week
• Steve Trimble
By Aviation Week: Merlin Labs announced the completion of a preliminary design review for an autonomy software package for the Lockheed Martin C-130J Hercules on March 5.
AeroTime
• Clement Charpentreau
defence-blog.com
• Dylan Malyasov
