The best weapons money can buy
Posted on: Sat Aug 13th, 2005 | latimes.com

According to media reports, the Defense Department is considering canceling two supersonic jet fighters that are on the Pentagon's drawing board: the Air Force's F/A-22 Raptor and the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter.

Pratt & Whitney, Northrop Begin Ground Tests for X-47B J-UCAS Engine
Posted on: Sat Aug 13th, 2005 | prnewswire.com

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla., Aug. 12 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Pratt & Whitney and Northrop Grumman Corporation have begun ground testing the power plant for the X-47B Joint Unmanned Combat Air System (J-UCAS) at Pratt & Whitney's advanced test facility in West Palm Beach, Fla.

Mars probe launches at third try
Posted on: Sat Aug 13th, 2005 | news.bbc.co.uk

Nasa's Mars probe has launched after two days of delays, on a mission to map and find water on the Red Planet.