NASA aims for May shuttle launch

Posted at: Fri Oct 14th, 2005

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -- NASA aims to launch the next space shuttle in May 2006, after fixing a persistent problem with falling debris -- the same problem that doomed shuttle Columbia and grounded the remaining three-ship fleet.

Russia asks JAXA to help develop Clipper Spaceship

Posted at: Fri Oct 14th, 2005

Russia has asked Japan's space development agency to participate in its new Kliper spacecraft development program, agency officials said Thursday. The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) has started collecting information on the program and will decide by year's end whether to a...

Celebration planned as spy plane turns 50

Posted at: Fri Oct 14th, 2005

PALMDALE - Former and current U-2 pilots will attend a 50th anniversary celebration of the first flight of the U-2 spy plane. The event will run from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday at Blackbird Airpark, which has on display a U-2D aircraft, a special test version modified with a second seat to h...

Lockheed, Raytheon end feud

Posted at: Fri Oct 14th, 2005

Lockheed Martin Corp. and Raytheon Co. settled a legal spat over the use of secret information linked to an Air Force contract the companies won two years ago. Terms of the out-of-court settlement were kept confidential. Lockheed Martin's Jefferson County operations are involved in t...

USAF To Boost ISR Funding Share

Posted at: Fri Oct 14th, 2005

The U.S. Air Force will continue to aggressively develop its intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) capabilities, Brig. Gen. Allison Hickey, the service’s director of its Future Total Force and deputy chief of staff for plans and programs, said Oct. 12.