WASHINGTON — The U.S. Navy intends to buy its next two aircraft carriers in a single contract, but factors including delays on carriers now under construction are influencing discussions about when to begin the process.
The service bought aircraft carriers 80 and 81, the future Enterprise and Doris Miller, together in the first two-carrier contract since the Cold War. Leaders expected to see $4…
Kuwait receives four Eurofighter Typhoons
October 30, 2023
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — The Kuwaiti Air Force received four Eurofighter Typhoons this week, bringing its fleet size to 13 out of the 28 on order, the country’s official Kuwait News Agency announced.
Deliveries began in December 2021 as part of an effort to enhance…
BRNO, Czech Republic — The Czech ministry of defense has confirmed that it will spend $120 million on the procurement of 48 long-range, air-to-air missiles made by Israeli arms manufacturer Rafael Systems.
The contract, which will see Prague acquire the I-Derby ER missile…
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The Summicron-M 28mm F2 ASPH is an update that replaces a previous version with the same name.
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Leica has announced the Summicron-M 28mm F2 ASPH, a compact wide-angle M-mount lens for Leica’s rangefinder cameras. This lens is an update to Leica’s existing lens with the same name and features a new body design and an integrated lens hood which can be rotated to pop out…
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The Leica M11-P loses its red dot logo, gains ‘dark chrome’ coating on its viewfinder, a sapphire screen on its LCD and additional internal memory, compared with the standard M11.
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Leica has launched the M11-P, the low-key version of its 60MP M11…
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Nikon Small World 2023 Photomicrography Competition
Photographic subjects can be all shapes and sizes, from vast landscapes to tiny animals and everything in between. But what’s…
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As the newest member of Fujifilm’s GFX medium format system, the GFX 100 II sits in a unique position. It’s smaller and cheaper than the original GFX 100, but brings better responsiveness and autofocus performance than the lower-end GFX 100S along with niceties such as a high-res viewfinder.
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The Sigma 56mm f/1.4 DC DN is one of our favorite fast telephoto primes for APS-C mirrorless cameras. While Sony, Fujifilm, Canon, Micro Four Thirds and Leica shooters have had access to it for some time, support for the Nikon Z-mount is new this…
NASA Is Locating Ice on Mars With This New Map
October 30, 2023
Buried ice will be a vital resource for the first people to set foot on Mars, serving as drinking water and a key ingredient for rocket fuel. But it would also be a major scientific target: Astronauts or robots could one day drill ice cores much as scientists do on Earth…
As NASA explores, innovates, and inspires through its work, agency inventions aimed at monitoring atmospheric pollution, studying samples from asteroids, extracting oxygen from the Martian atmosphere, and revolutionizing flight have been named TIME’s Inventions of 2023. TIME announced the honorees on Oct. 24.
“For more than 65 years, NASA has innovated for the benefit of humanity,” said NASA…
