In addition to all this, the Genesis uses liquid cooling around the motherboard, and an air-based system on the video cards.

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The FAA says funding for the new fee system, combined with federal money, would shift the 40-year-old ground-based air traffic control system to a satellite-based, cockpit-to-cockpit system that is safer and more efficient.

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And Congress is torn over a bill that would help fund a satellite-based air traffic control system to ease aerial bottlenecks.

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Britain, France and Italy, having recently decided, after years of dithering, not to build a frigate together, still hope to produce a joint sea-based air-defence system which would have some capacity against missiles.

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The real problem is an antiquated air-traffic control system "that is essentially based on World War II-era technology, " says Victoria Day, a spokeswoman with the Air Transport Association, the industry's lobby group.

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However, with the number of US passengers set to rise to one billion per year by 2020, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is planning a move to a new satellite-based system, called Next Generation Air Transportation System, or NextGen.

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The virus, first detected nearly two weeks ago by the military's Host-Based Security System, has not prevented pilots at Creech Air Force Base in Nevada from flying their missions overseas.

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The model that Mr Smith cooked up at Yale, based on a hub-and-spoke system of overnight air delivery, has since expanded to encompass a broad portfolio of businesses contributing to efficient supply chains.

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