NASA Confident Shuttle Will Launch on Time

Posted at: Tue Jul 12th, 2005

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- NASA managers forged ahead with the countdown to the launch of space shuttle Discovery, confident they would be able to fix a few minor problems and would remain untroubled by summer storms. "I think we're on our way," Bill Parsons, manager of the space shuttle...

Indian Navy favours F-35 fighters, but not in F-18 : Naval Chief

Posted at: Tue Jul 12th, 2005

Indian Navy is willing to procure F-35 advanced fighters from US, but it is not interested in F-18 fighter planes as they are not "compatible" with the aircraft carriers of the naval force, Chief of Naval Staff Admiral Arun Prakash said here today.

X-45C UCAV to get Autonomous Aerial Refueling capabilities

Posted at: Tue Jul 12th, 2005

July 12, 2005 The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has awarded Boeing an additional US$175 million to continue the X-45C portion of the Joint Unmanned Combat Air Systems (J-UCAS) Capability Demonstration Program, adding a full demonstration of a new Autonomous Aerial Refueling techn...