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US Air Force to skip a year of Grey Wolf helicopter procurement in FY22

WASHINGTON — The U.S. Air Force is taking a year off from buying the MH-139A Grey Wolf helicopter due to ongoing delays in getting the platform certified by the Federal Aviation Administration, service officials said Friday. “Basically what we are doing is we are deferring the procurement of the MH-139 until [fiscal 2023]. It’s not in the budget in FY22 due to an FAA certification issue…
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DxO announces Nik Collection 4: Improved usability & powerful new tools in major update

DxO has announced Nik Collection 4 by DxO, the latest major release of the company’s photo editing plugin suite. Nik Collection 4 contains the same eight plugins as last year’s Nik Collection 3, but popular plugins Viveza and Silver Efex have undergone major revisions and are vastly improved over previous iterations. In Nik Collection 4, Viveza and Silver Efex feature revamped user…
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SpaceX signs bulk deal for three private Crew Dragon missions

SpaceX’s Crew Dragon capsule will launch three more private astronaut missions tentatively through 2023 under a bulk deal signed this week with mission manager Axiom Space, the companies announced on Wednesday. Though specific terms weren’t disclosed, it marks one of the…
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Huawei Teases New Flagship P50 and Its Giant Dual Camera Array

Although detailed information about the Huawei P50 smartphone line wasn’t revealed during the HarmonyOS 2.0 online launch event, Huawei did share a brief sneak peek of its upcoming “spring flagship.” During the company’s HarmonyOS and New Products Launch live stream that took place today, the company revealed its plans for introducing its latest OS for smartphones and other smart devices…
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The Closest Look Yet at the Canon EOS R3

The Canon EOS R3 has been one of the most discussed cameras of the year, but until this point, it appeared to only exist on paper, in renders, and in the minds of Canon engineers — but not anymore. In a video published by Gordon Laing, he shows that the camera is indeed real and not just vaporware. Laing, who operates the website Camera Labs as well as a new YouTube Channel called Dino Bytes…
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