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Britain’s Capita nabs $1.3 billion deal for Royal Navy personnel training

LONDON — An industry consortium led by Capita is taking over Royal Navy personnel training in a deal awarded earlier this month by the Ministry of Defence. The British company announced via Linked-In that a consortium it is leading alongside Raytheon UK, Elbit Systems UK and Fujitsu has secured a wide-ranging navy training deal in a 12 year agreement worth up to £2 billion, or $2.7…
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Army long-range cannon gets direct hit on target 43 miles away

WASHINGTON — The Army’s Extended Range Cannon Artillery (ERCA) system under development hit a target 43 miles away — or 70 kilometers — on the nose at Yuma Proving Ground, Arizona, Dec. 19, using an Excalibur extended-range guided artillery shell, according to Brig.
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Nikon to Stop Making Cameras in Japan: Report

Nikon has fallen on hard times as of late as its camera sales have cratered, and now there’s a new indicator of how dire its financial situation is: the company is reportedly pulling the plug on making cameras in Japan after over 70 years of doing so. The Japanese newspaper Asahi reports that Nikon is pulling the plug on its Japanese camera factory and moving camera production entirely to…
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Megadap Unveils the First Manual-to-Autofocus Lens Adapter for Nikon Z

The Hong Kong-based lens adapter maker Megadap has launched the world’s first autofocus adapter for manual lenses on Nikon Z mirrorless cameras. The lens gives autofocus abilities to Leica M manual-focus lenses. The adapter works by replacing the manual focusing system of the lens and instead autofocusing with an extendable bayonet structure, moving the lens forward and back relative to the…
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MobileNews

Samsung Galaxy S21 appears in a new set of official renders

We’ve seen the Galaxy S21 family in countless leaks, renders and even a review with just under a month ahead of their official announcement. Today we get another look at entry-level vanilla S21 in a set of official-looking renders in all four of its launch…
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Honor V40's leaked renders show the design in full

Honor promised to release a new phone right after its independence as a company and it’s safe to assume that the company is talking about the V40. There’s a lot of mystery surrounding the device but today’s leak gives us а clearer picture. Alleged Honor V40 render The render and the schematics of the V40 show a unique circular camera module design on the back and a pill-shaped…
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