Army labs to host testing to connect joint war-fighting systems January 28 An unmanned ground vehicle equppied with a high-grade camera is prepared to go on a test run during the Project Convergence capstone event last year at Yuma Proving Ground, Ariz. Project Convergence is the Army’s campaign to advance solutions for joint war fighting and integrate the service s contributions to Joint All Domain Operations. (Spc. Carlos Cuebas Fantauzzi/U.S. Army) ABERDEEN PROVING GROUND, Md. The U.S. Army’s experimental labs will serve as the central laboratory for integrating the military services’ disparate joint war-fighting systems as the services seek to connect sensors and shooters for future wars.
FAA announces Super Bowl LV safety plan
January 28, 2021
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is working with federal, state and local law enforcement agencies, the aviation community, and the National Football League to ensure safe, secure and efficient operations before, during and after Super Bowl LV. The Super Bowl will be held Feb. 7, 2021, at Raymond James Stadium in Tampa, Florida.
The agency is planning for hundreds of additional take-offs and landings and aircraft parked at Tampa Bay airports during Super Bowl week. Special procedures, including Temporary Flight Restrictions (TFR) and a No Drone Zone will limit flights around Raymond James Stadium before, during and after the game.
The North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) detected and tracked two Russian Tu-142 “Bear” maritime reconnaisance and anti-submarine warfare aircraft crossing into the Alaska Air Defense Identification Zone (ADIZ) on Monday night.
While Russia has frequently sent aircraft near the Alaskan coast, this latest incident is the first NORAD has publicly disclosed in 2021 and comes just days after President Joe Biden took office on Wednesday, Jan. 20.
NORAD tweeted, At approx. 7pm EST, Alaskan NORAD Region positively identified and tracked two Tu-142 Russian maritime patrol aircraft entering the Alaskan Air Defense Identification Zone. The aircraft remained in int’l airspace and did not enter [U.S.] or [Canadian] sovereign airspace. #WeHaveTheWatch.”
Readouts of Biden’s conversation with Trudeau, the first he had with a foreign leader as president, and a flurry of press commentary make clear Ottawa and Washington plan to expand their strategic partnership to more aggressively challenge their great-power rivals, above all Russia and China.