aircraft
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New Zealand scrambled P-8A Poseidon surveillance aircraft and naval assets to monitor the maneuvers, which demonstrated China’s increasing ability to deploy forces farther afield.
Ghalibaf has posted video showing him piloting aircraft and became famous as mayor for riding his motorcycle, cultivating a strongman persona that some Iran watchers have compared to Russian President Vladimir Putin.
Homendy added that the runway safety system ASDE-X, designed to track aircraft and ground vehicles, did not generate an alert before the crash because the fire truck was not equipped with a transponder.
From Barron's
It has been installing new systems to allow air-traffic controllers to better track the movement of aircraft on the ground, and to alert controllers when a runway isn’t available for departing or arriving planes.
“If companies can bring better aircraft, vehicles, energy systems, and infrastructure to market faster and more efficiently, that can drive new investment and growth across advanced manufacturing sectors,” Schlampp said.
From Los Angeles Times
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