Mastodawn

Possibly related to the Feb, 13 Epic 1000 crash in Steamboat spring (KSBS), Colorado, in an RNAV32 night approach. Garmin reminds that LNAV+V provides only a continuous vertical guidance without taking in account terrain avoidance. Moreover if in autopilot mode, the G1000 will not stop the descent at the Minimum Descent Altitude. At last in very cold weather barometric compensation must be done

https://avbrief.com/garmin-service-alert-for-advisory-vertical-guidance/
https://aviation-safety.net/wikibase/566836
#aviation #safety #epic #garmin

Garmin Service Alert for Advisory Vertical Guidance - AvBrief.com

Garmin alert calls for caution when flying GPS approaches with advisory vertical guidance.

AvBrief.com

Christopher Potter Mar 15

France to provide Ukraine the new European SAMP/T NG with Aster 30 Block 1 NG missiles, the European equivalent to Patriot PAC-3 MSE
#military #europe #defense #UkraineWar

Christopher Potter Feb 28

The kill switch for Anthropic. Rejecting clauses on the freedom to use Claude for mass surveillance and autonomous weapons, Trump bans Claude as a supplier to the Department of War and, more broadly, to federal agencies. A bombshell in Silicon Valley.

Anthropic's values are more European, and they should consider moving their headquarters there

#AI #defense #sovereignty #trump

Christopher Potter Jan 31

A little lightheartedness in this world where some things are adrift but Europe is holding strong. German Foreign Minister Johann Wadephul posted this funny and very well-made video with a nod to the Franco-German couple, a good way to promote a different Europe in a world of predators (but if it wants to preserve its model, it must also reform, refocus its strategic purchases—armaments, digital, etc.—on its own production, and create the beginnings of an autonomous defense. ...)
#europe

Christopher Potter Jan 30

2026 EU Opensource Policy Summit opening (on an opensource webconferencing system of course). A day to boost European sovereignty, because is the only way to do it (allow to build faster and cheaper very large complex systems). One year after the new US administration, this edition is very special indeed
@OpenForumEurope
#opensource #europe #technology #sovereignty

Christopher Potter Jan 16

Good to remind the basic facts
#US #europe #statistics

Christopher Potter Jan 10

Following Denmark's acquisition of SAMP/T air-defense batteries over the Patriot, France is also choosing European sovereignty by purchasing 2 Saab GlobalEye aircraft for airborne surveillance. These will eventually replace the aging Boeing E-3 AWACS fleet
#defense #aerospace #military #france
https://air-cosmos.com/article/alerte-avancee-la-france-commande-deux-globaleye-70843

Alerte avancée : la France commande deux GlobalEye

La Direction Générale de l’Armement a commandé au constructeur suédois deux avions GlobalEye pour l’alerte avancée. Le contrat inclut les équipements au sol, la maintenance et la formation, pour une valeur de 1,14 milliard d’euros. Livraison prévue entre 2029 et 2032.

Air et Cosmos

Christopher Potter Dec 31

MAKS 25 👀🇺🇦Dec 31

🇺🇦🇪🇺 From January 1, 2026, Ukrainians will be able to use mobile communications and the Internet in the EU without additional costs

📱Ukraine officially joins the European Union roaming zone.

Christopher Potter Dec 29

CEO-Vision is happy to donate in 2025 to these great opensource projects, #Zorin OS the incredible European Linux desktop to replace Windows, #AlmaLinux the Redhat compatible OS, #Thunderbird the mail application, The #Matrix.org Foundation the opensource messaging backend used by #Element front-end and therefore included in #GoFAST, and #GNOME Foundation, the Linux graphical desktop engine !

Christopher Potter Nov 29

In this AF447 accident trial, EASA (the European aviation safety agency) does not seem to be charged in the proceedings. In the late 2000, the blocked pitot probes caused several serious incidents and many less severe ones did not lead to the same directive (immediate replacement) 2/2