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 Israeli news site Globes says that “several Gulf States” have expressed interest in buying defensive equipment from Rafael. from Asian Defence News https://ift.tt/2GhjvDv via IFTTT

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Enjoy the selection of articles, games, news stories, videos and websites about disinformation and infodemics, curated by students in my Information Literacy class in the Information School, University of Sheffield, UK . They created this padlet, which is a treasure trove of advice and information, as their contribution to Global Media and Information Literacy week . Go to https://padlet.com/s_webber/globalmilweek from Information Literacy Weblog https://ift.tt/2HWhpJq via IFTTT

According to news published by the Globes Israeli newspaper website on October 29, 2020, Gulf States could be interested to purchase military equipment from Israel including the Iron Dome, a mobile all-weather air defense missile system developed and manufactured by Rafael Advanced Defense Systems and Israel Aerospace Industries. Read full Defense News at this link ... Launcher unit of Israeli-made Iron Dome air defense missile system. (Picture source Wikimedia) Read More from World Defence News https://ift.tt/3kLdXQL via IFTTT

According to information published by Indian media newspapers on October 30, 2020, the Indian air force has carried out a successful firing test of air-launched BrahMos-A supersonic cruise missile from Sukhoi-30 MKI fighter aircraft. The missile reaches a ship target in the Bay of Bengal around 4,000 km away. Read full Defense Aviation News at this link ... Indian Air Force Sukhoi-30 MKI fighter aircraft armed with Brahmos supersonic cruise missile. (Picture source Financial Express) Read More from World Defence News https://ift.tt/3201ukx via IFTTT

According to information published by the U.S. Air Force on October 29, 2020, an unarmed Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) was launched during an operational test at 12:27 a.m. Pacific Time, Thursday, Oct. 29, 2020, at Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif. Read full Defense News at this link ... An Air Force Global Strike Command unarmed Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile launches during an operational test at 12:27 a.m. Pacific Time, Thursday, Oct. 29, 2020, at Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif. (Picture source U.S. Air Force) Read More from World Defence News https://ift.tt/37X3IF8 via IFTTT

According to information published by the "The Japan Times" website on October 31, 2020, the Japanese Ministry of Defense has selected the company Mitsubishi Heavy Industries as the main contractor to develop the country’s own next-generation stealth fighter for launch in the 2030s, Japanese Defense Minister Nobuo Kishi said Friday, October 30, 2020. Read full Defense aviation News at this link ... Artist rendering of new sixth-generation stealth fighter aircraft of Japanese moD F-X program. (Picture source Japan MoD) Read More from World Defence News https://ift.tt/3ehabfw via IFTTT

The Russian Navy Northern Fleet’s Project 22350 Admiral Gorshkov-class frigate Admiral Kasatonov has launched an antisubmarine Kalibr (SS-N-27 Sizzler) missile at a range in the Barents Sea, the Russian Defense Ministry’s press office said. Read full Naval News at this link ... Launch of the Kalibr missile by the Northern Fleet frigate Admiral Kasatonov during combat trials in the White Sea. (Picture source Twitter account Russian Exercises) Read More from World Defence News https://ift.tt/3mB1Ztp via IFTTT

According to information published on the Twitter account of Austal USA, the keel laying ceremony of the future U.S. Navy USS Santa Barbara LCS 32 Independence-class Littoral Combat Ship was held on October 27, 2020, at the Austal USA shipyard. Read full Naval News at this link ...  The LCS 32 USS Santa Barbara is an Independence-class Littoral Combat Ship for the U.S. Navy. (Picture source U.S. Navy) Read More from World Defence News https://ift.tt/3mCAzDp via IFTTT

According to information published by the Defense Security Cooperation Agency on October 30, 2020, the U.S. State Department has made a determination approving a possible Foreign Military Sale to the Government of Australia of Javelin missiles and related equipment for an estimated cost of $46 million. Read full Defense News at this link ... A U.S. soldier from the NATO-led Kosovo Force mission, who is organic to the Oregon Army National Guard’s 2nd Battalion, 162nd Infantry Regiment, demonstrates how to operate a Javelin anti-tank missile system to troops from the Army of North Macedonia Sept. 1, 2020, at Krivolak Training Area, North Macedonia.(Picture source U.S.DoD) Read More from World Defence News https://ift.tt/2JpdNR9 via IFTTT

According to information published on the Official Twitter account of the Montenegro MoD (Ministry of Defense) on October 26, 2020, the first JLTV (Joint Light Tactical Vehicle) vehicles manufactured by the American Company were delivered to Montenegro. Read full Defense News at this link ... The first delivery of JLTV Joint  Light Tactical Vehicles to the Montenegro armed forces. (Picture source Montenegro MoD) Read More from World Defence News https://ift.tt/2TBpDJI via IFTTT

According to information published on the Facebook Lithuanian MoD (Ministry of Defense) on October 30, 2020, NASAMS (National/Norwegian Advanced Surface to Air Missile System) medium-range air defense system officially handed over to the Lithuanian Armed Forces. Read full Defense News at this link ... Official delivery of NASAMS medium-range air defense missile system to Lithuanian Armed Forces. (Picture source Lithuania MoD) Read More from World Defence News https://ift.tt/37WJrzy via IFTTT

According to a joint media release published by Australian Minister for Defence, Senator the Hon Linda Reynolds CSC on October 30, 2020, the Morrison Government’s Pacific Maritime Security Program has reached a new milestone as the Kingdom of Tonga received their second Australian-built Guardian-class Patrol Boat VOEA Ngahau Koula (P301) at a ceremony in Henderson, Western Australia. Read full Naval News at this link ... Australian-built Guardian-class Patrol Boat. (Picture source Austal) Read More from World Defence News https://ift.tt/31XkujM via IFTTT

Editorial team of Navy Recognition, International Online Naval Defense and Security magazine, a subdivision of Army Recognition Group SPRL, has abundantly covered Euronaval Online 2020 International naval defense and maritime security industry exhibition, which was only virtual this time. Here is a selection of news published on the Navy Recognition website presenting in video, a series of international products displayed during Euronaval Online 2020. Read full News Euronaval Online 2020 at this link ... Read More News about Euronaval 2020 from World Defence News https://ift.tt/3mC24wL via IFTTT

 The Royal Australian Navy Anzac-class frigate HMAS Ballarat (FFH 155) performs divisional tactics with the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS John S. McCain (DDG 56) while conducting integrated operations. USS McCain is assigned to Destroyer Squadron Fifteen (DESRON 15), the Navy’s largest forward-deployed DESRON and the U.S. 7th Fleet’s principal surface force. Read full news at this link... The Royal Australian Navy Anzac-class frigate HMAS Ballarat (FFH 155) performs divisional tactics with the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS John S. McCain (DDG 56) while conducting integrated operations (Picture source: Royal Australian Navy/Seaman Imagery Specialist Shane Cameron) Read more... from World Defence News https://ift.tt/2TCI3K9 via IFTTT

Russia has completed trials of S-300V4 air defense system. Test launches confirmed it can shoot down existing targets and prospective weapons that are designed, including hypersonic missiles. Experts believe S-300V4 with new missiles will provide reliable defense against foreign designs 10-15 years ahead. Read full news at this link... 9A83M TELAR of S-300V4 air defense system (Picture source: Vitaly Kuzmin) Read more... from World Defence News https://ift.tt/3e8TLpg via IFTTT

Basurmanin is an economy upgrade which extends the life cycle of the old hardware for another ten years. The Russian army operates up to 1,000 BMP-1s. Their replacement with BMP-3s will cost 82-86 billion rubles judging by the batch procured in 2019. Read full news at this link... BMP-1AM Basurmanin (Picture source: Vitaly Kuzmin) Read more... from World Defence News https://ift.tt/35LF6fT via IFTTT

Spectra Group (UK) Ltd, world-leading provider of high-grade information security and communication capabilities, has announced the addition of a new product to their portfolio: the SlingShot Tactical Operations Centre System (STOCS). Spectra’s STOCS adds additional capability and operability to the already hugely successful SlingShot tactical satellite communications system. Read full news at this link... SlingShot Tactical Operations Centre System (STOCS) (Picture source: Spectra Group) Read more... from World Defence News https://ift.tt/31YTkZP via IFTTT

Mack Defense has partnered with Jankel, a world-leader in the design and manufacture of high-specification defence, security and NGO protection systems, to provide the seating solution for their 3rd generation M917A3 Heavy Dump Truck (HDT). Read full news at this link... M917A3 Heavy Dump Truck (Picture source: Mack Defense) Read more... from World Defence News https://ift.tt/3eaV4E9 via IFTTT

According to pictures released by the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) on October 24, 2020, the U.S. Army has tested the new version of the Bradley tracked armored IFV (Infantry Fighting Vehicle) named M2A4. Read full Defense News at this link ... U.S. soldiers assigned to 1st Battalion, 12th Cavalry Regiment, 3rd Armored Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division, engage an opposing force during the testing of the newest version of the Bradley Fighting Vehicle, Fort Hood, Texas, Oct. 24, 2020. (Picture source U.S. Army) Read More from World Defence News https://ift.tt/35TDdy2 via IFTTT

The U.S. Army is on track to equip its soldiers with state-of-the-art gear aiming at giving them a decisive edge in close-quarters combat, items that include a high-tech goggle, a more lethal rifle, and binoculars that see in the dark, a senior Army leader says in an official video. Franklin Fisher reports. Read full news at this link... In a November 2019 photo, soldiers at Fort Pickett, Va., wear the Integrated Visual Augmentation System, or IVAS, a head-mounted, high-tech goggle that gives soldiers a wealth of real-time battlefield information (Picture source: U.S. Army/Courtney Bacon) Read more... from World Defence News https://ift.tt/3kHtv7Z via IFTTT

Northrop Grumman has received a $91 million contract for the additional production of AN/APR-39D(V)2 digital radar warning receivers (RWR). Small and lightweight, the system protects rotary and fixed wing aircraft from modern radio frequency (RF) threats such as radar-guided missiles and anti-aircraft artillery. Read full news at this link... The AN/APR-39D(V)2 is planned for integration on the AH-1Z, AH-64E, ARL-E, MV-22, UH-1Y and CH-53E/K (Picture source: Northrop Grumman) Read more... from World Defence News https://ift.tt/37VK6kH via IFTTT

Boeing has been awarded a $342,120,528 firm-fixed-price modification to contract FA8609-18-F-0006 for KC-46A Aircraft 3 and 4 for Japan. This modification provides for the exercise of an option for an additional quantity of two KC-46A Japan aircraft being produced under the basic contract. Work will be performed in Everett, Washington, and is expected to be completed June 30, 2023.  Read full news at this link... A Boeing KC-46A Pegasus takes off at Yokota Air Base, Japan, Oct. 25, 2018, during a system evaluation. This was the first time the KC-46A visited Japan (Picture source: U.S. Air Force/Yasuo Osakabe) Read more... from World Defence News https://ift.tt/34FY9ZT via IFTTT

Social media accounts in Vietnam have been circulating a photo showing a Yak-130 advanced jet trainer with the flag of Vietnam on it.   from Asian Defence News https://ift.tt/3kGPPyz via IFTTT

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A test of the 53T6M anti-ballistic missile (ABM) interceptor took place at the Sary-Shagan proving ground in Kazakhstan recently. from Asian Defence News https://ift.tt/3ed720e via IFTTT

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According to information published by the Russian press agency TASS on October 29, 2020, the latest Pantsir-M air defense missile system onboard the Odintsovo corvette of project 22800 successfully repelled a massive air and cruise missile strike. It downed all targets at various distances. Experts believe the launchers will make Russian warships a difficult target for airstrikes, the Izvestia daily writes. Read full Naval News at this link ... The Odintsovo Project 22800 corvette is equipped with a Pantsir-M air defense missile system mounted at the rear deck. (Picture source Twitter account Miso) Read More from World Defence News https://ift.tt/3kEztXi via IFTTT

According to information published by the MENA defense website on October 26, 2020, Algeria has received the first batch of MiG-29M/M2 twin-engine fighter aircraft from Russia. Read full Defense Aviation at this link ... Russian Air Force MiG-29M2 twin-engine fighter aircraft. (Picture source Vitaly Kuzmin) Read More from World Defence News https://ift.tt/2HCkQpb via IFTTT

According to information published on October 28, 2020, the Turkish Company Ares Shipyard in cooperation with the Ankara-based Meteksan Defense Industry Inc. has unveiled a new Armored Unmanned Surface Vessel (AUSV) called ULAQ during a press conference. It can be armed with missile defense systems. Read full Naval News at this link ... Artist rendering of ULAQ Armored Unmanned Surface Vessel. (Picture source Ares Shipyard) Read More from World Defence News https://ift.tt/2Gawzud via IFTTT

According to pictures released on the Twitter account of Damian Ratka on October 29, 2020, Poland hast conducted field tests with a new version of the Rosomak 8x8 armored vehicle fitted with an unmanned turret ZSSW-30 30mm cannon designed and manufactured by the Polish Company HSW (Huta Stalowa Wola). Read full Defense News at this link ... Polish-made Rosomak 8x8 armored Infantry Fighting Vehicle fitted with unmanned weapon station ZSSW-30 armed with 30mm automatic cannon.  (Picture source Twitter account Damian Ratka) Read More from World Defence News https://ift.tt/34GFSf3 via IFTTT

On Oct.28, the Polish Ministry of Defense announced on its Twitter account that the first Krab self-propelled howitzers have been delivered to the 23rd Artillery Regiment from Bolesławiec , along with command and ammunition vehicles. Ultimately, the unit will have 24 howitzers. Read full news at this link... Delivery of the first Krab self-propelled howitzers to the Polish 23rd Artillery Regiment (Picture source: Twitter account of Polish Minsitry of Defense) Read more... from World Defence News https://ift.tt/2JeyYFn via IFTTT

  This is my final blog post from the second FOIL webinar , entitled Masters’ Class: Emerging Voices in Media & Information Literacy Research . The final presentation was: William Shire (working at Magdalene College, Oxford and dissertation submitted to University of Sheffield): The use of Web 2.0 tools to teach information literacy in the UK university library context  Shire's research questions included finding out what Web 2.0 tools were being used, why people were using them, whether they were connected with pedagogy and how they perceived the tools.  He gathered 110 questionnaires from academic librarians and did three follow up interviews. Librarians were using a wide variety of tools, with Virtual Learning Environments, Libguides and quizes coming up most frequently. In terms of the intended use, improving student engagement was more frequently mentioned, closely followed by course delivery. When examining the link with pedagogy, the research revealed that ...

 More blogging on the second FOIL webinar , entitled Masters’ Class: Emerging Voices in Media & Information Literacy Research, h osted by Dr Drew Whitworth. The second presentation was:  - Tsveta Rafaylova (working at RSM UK, dissertation submitted to University College London): The place and role of workplace information literacy in a corporate environment: exploring the information literacy capabilities of knowledge workers in a professional services firm   She started by explaining her motivation for the research, wanting to focus on the less-studied workplace context and being encouraged to focus on her own workplace. Her research question was: what does Information Literacy look like for knowledge workers in a tax and accounting firm? She focused on workers in the tax faculty, and used Lloyd's 2017 IL model. She got 149 questionnaires returned (20% of those workers) and did four interviews. Useful in recruiting responses was the presentation of the research ...

Upgraded first-generation combat vehicles are being delivered to the Russian army. A confirmation is the demonstration of BMP-1AM at the Army-2020 forum. This IFV was displayed first at Army 2018 defense forum. Read full news at this link... BMP-1AM unveiled at Army 2018 defense forum near Kubinka (Picture source: Army Recognition) Read more... from World Defence News https://ift.tt/3jENzXp via IFTTT

According to information released by the Argentine Ministry of Defense on October 26, 2020, Argentine could be interested to acquire Guarani 6x6 armored vehicles developed by the Italian Company IVECO and manufactured in Brazil. Read full Defense News at this link ... Guarani 6x6 armored vehicle of the Brazilian army. (Picture source Wikimedia) Read More from World Defence News https://ift.tt/34DEV7h via IFTTT

A brigade of the Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) Tibet Military Command has carried out ultra-limit range live fire drills of multiple types of artillery in an area at an altitude of 4,400 meters to test new equipment at extreme ranges in plateau conditions, Global Times reports. Read full news at this link... PCL-181 self-propelled howitzer, PLA's most recent self-propelled howitzer (Picture source: Chinanews) Read more... from World Defence News https://ift.tt/2G8GHUi via IFTTT

The second free webinar that the University of Sheffield Information School (my department) was involved with for Global Media and Information Literacy was today, entitled Masters’ Class: Emerging Voices in Media & Information Literacy Research. This was hosted by Dr Drew Whitworth (University of Manchester). This session was another event organised by the Forum on Information Literacy (FOIL) , which is committed to sharing Information Literacy research and providing opportunities for new researchers to participate. I'll blog a little bit about each of the presentations. The first was:  - Dona Fernandes (working at Hamid Bin Khalifa University, dissertation submitted to University of Manchester): Approaches to Integrating Media Literacy in the K-12 Curriculum: The Case of Qatar    She started with an introduction to Qatar and the schools (K12) sector. There are a range of curricula in independent and private schools, catering to the different nationalities in the...

According to a video released on Youtube by CCTV China on October 27, 2020, after 10 months of training, the first Chinese-made aircraft carrier Shandong also called Type 002 continues to strengthen the research of tactics and training methods. The ship was launched on 26 April 2017 for the People's Liberation Army Navy (PLAN) of the People's Republic of China (PRC). Read full Naval News at this link ... First Chinese-made aircraft carrier Shandong also called Type 002 during training exercises at sea. (Picture source CCTVChina) Read More from World Defence News https://ift.tt/3mzlFxH via IFTTT

The French Navy has received "Luciole", the last of 8 multi-mission hybrid diesel-electric propulsion barges ordered in December 2015. Read full news at this link... The French Cigale-class of « Chalands Multi-Missions » (CMM) consists of self-propelled barges assigned to port service and is used for underwater work, the training of divers, the transport of equipment or pollution control  (Picture source: French Navy) Read more... from World Defence News https://ift.tt/2HBdceM via IFTTT

The 7th Bataillon de Chasseurs Alpins (which could be appromitaly translated into « Battalion of Alpine Hunters ») of the 27th French Mountain Infantry Brigade received a first dozen four-seater Polaris Ranger 1000 XP and twin-seater Sportsman Touring 1000 XP quads mounted on removable tracks. Read full news at this link... Quad Polaris Ranger XP 1000 mounted on tracks. The wheels can easily be put back in place (Picture source: Twitter account of 27 Brigade d’Infanterie de Montagne / French army) Read more... from World Defence News https://ift.tt/3jFmtiP via IFTTT

According to information published on October 28, 2020, the British Navy HMS Spey, the fifth and final River Class Batch 2 Offshore Patrol Vessel (OPV), departed BAE Systems’ shipyard in Glasgow on October 28, 2020, on her delivery voyage to her new home of Portsmouth Naval Base. Read full Naval News at this link ... The fifth and final River Class Batch 2 Offshore Patrol Vessel Britsih Navy HMS Spey departed Glasgow today on her delivery voyage to her new home HMNB Portsmouth marking the end of the OPV build program in Glasgow. (Picture source BAE Systems) Read More from World Defence News https://ift.tt/3kQphLv via IFTTT

According to information published by the Daily Sabah website on October 27, 2020, Turkish Company Otokar has signed a new export contract for the delivery of Arma 8x8 and Cobra II 4x4 tactical wheeled armored vehicles, as well as spare parts and training services to an undisclosed African country. Read full Defense News at this link ... OTOKAR Arma 8x8 armored vehicle. (Picture source Army Recognition) Read More from World Defence News https://ift.tt/2TEMBzv via IFTTT

In 2006, I published a paper entitled, Who are the Informaticians? - What We Know and Should Know [1]. As my interest in developing educational programs was growing at the time, I was also thinking about the nascent growth of biomedical and health informatics as a profession. Since I had entered the field in the late 1980s, informatics was mostly a research discipline. But with the growth of information technology (IT) adoption in healthcare and other aspects of biomedicine, informatics was becoming a profession that included operational, research, and academic roles and activities. The last decade (2010-2020) has seen progress in answering my questions from 2006 paper. There has been progress in defining the field on several fronts, although not all efforts have been fruitful. Beginning with the rollout of the HITECH Act, the health IT workforce was viewed as an essential component for success [2]. Professional certification in informatics emerged, first for physicians [3] and soon ...