Headlines of: Monday 29 August, 2005
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Mon Aug 29th, 2005 | usatoday.com

CAPE CANAVERAL — U.S. astronauts will launch to the moon on sleek, single, shuttle booster rockets and the first new upper-stage rocket this country has developed in more than a decade, NASA and the Pentagon have told the White House.
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Mon Aug 29th, 2005 | prnewswire.com

MANASSAS, Va., Aug. 29 /PRNewswire/ -- Aurora Flight Sciences announced today that it delivered the first set of vertical tails for the new RQ-4B model of the Global Hawk unmanned aerial vehicle to prime contractor Northrop Grumman (NYSE: NOC). Aurora designed and fabricated tooling for the new air...
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Mon Aug 29th, 2005 | gripen.com

The Gripen weapons integration program is constantly evolving. With precision guided munitions testing essentially complete, the development team will soon start work with the Meteor advanced beyond visual range air-to-air missile.
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Mon Aug 29th, 2005 | i-newswire.com

The $35-million Global Hawk is used to provide Air Force and joint battlefield commanders near real-time, high-resolution intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance imagery. Cruising at higher than 65,000 feet, the Global Hawk can survey large geographic areas with pinpoint accuracy, to give mili...