Smiths Aerospace Selected for Northrop J-UCAS Electronics

Posted at: Mon Jun 13th, 2005

LE BOURGET, France--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 13, 2005--Smiths Aerospace was recently selected by Northrop Grumman Integrated Systems to supply triple-redundant engine interface units (EIU) and engine throttle actuators (ETAs) for the X-47B Joint Unmanned Combat Air Systems (J-UCAS). The development and...

RAF Nimrods may become bomber force

Posted at: Mon Jun 13th, 2005

THE RAF is drawing up plans to convert a fleet of 25-year-old patrol planes into Britain’s first long-range heavy bomber force since the Falklands war. The plan is being seen as Britain’s answer to America’s B-52 bomber, still in regular use more than 50 years after it first fl...

Boeing and Lockheed Push Separate Designs for 2020 Moon Mission

Posted at: Mon Jun 13th, 2005

Although Boeing and Lockheed Martin plan to combine production of their respective Delta 4 and Atlas 5 rockets in the near future, for now the companies are pushing separate solutions based on those vehicles to help NASA achieve its goal of returning astronauts to the Moon by 2020.

TSR: Twenty-five gigabucks of steel: the objectives of the ISS

Posted at: Mon Jun 13th, 2005

While few will disagree that the ISS has been an expensive endeavor for NASA, the effectiveness of the project has been the focus of countless debates. Dwayne Day seeks to cut through the rhetoric by examining how well the station has met the goals established for it since the project’s inception....