Why small guns have been critical to layered CUAS architectures
Multiple countries have been deploying small arms as the last line of drone defence due to their multiple operational and tactical advantages.
AirTran reports February 2010 traffic
AirTran Airways has reported its traffic figures for February.
Revenue passenger miles (RPMs) during the month totalled 1,294,743,000, a 5.4% increase compared with February 2009’s 1,228,788,000. Available seat miles (ASMs) were up by 4.2% at 1,724,510,000 from 1,655,527,000 in the same month last year.
The load factor in February was 75.1%, 0.9 percentage points up on last February’s 74.2%. The airline carried 1,628,794 passengers compared with 1,623,030 in the same period last year, a 0.4% increase.
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