Air-Attack News Desk - News by Day
Headlines of: Tuesday 18 October, 2005
Venus Express set for liftoff
Posted on: Tue Oct 18th, 2005 | news.yahoo.com
PARIS (AFP) - Venus Express, the European Space Agency's first mission to explore Earth's closest neighbour, will be launched next Wednesday from the Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.
Posted on: Tue Oct 18th, 2005 | news.yahoo.com
PARIS (AFP) - Venus Express, the European Space Agency's first mission to explore Earth's closest neighbour, will be launched next Wednesday from the Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.
Read More... | Section: Space
Big cuts in defense programs seen looming
Posted on: Tue Oct 18th, 2005 | wireservice.wired.com
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Major U.S. weapons programs are facing big cuts given mounting budget pressures from the war in Iraq, rising fuel and personnel costs, and the need to rebuild the U.S. Gulf Coast, defense analysts said on Monday.
Posted on: Tue Oct 18th, 2005 | wireservice.wired.com
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Major U.S. weapons programs are facing big cuts given mounting budget pressures from the war in Iraq, rising fuel and personnel costs, and the need to rebuild the U.S. Gulf Coast, defense analysts said on Monday.
- Hornet celebrates 30th anniversary of first flight
- A-10 successfully drops laser-guided bomb
- Boeing CH-47F Chinook Helicopter Fielded by US Army's 1st Cavalry Division
- Eurofighter Test Fleet surpasses 6,000 Flying Hours
- First Tranche 2 Typhoon Delivered to the Italian Air Force
- 180 Eurofighters for Germany, no reduction in Tranche 3
- Russian military considers buying aerial drones from Israel
- Sudan confirms purchase of Russian MiG-29 jet fighters
- F-35 prototype achieves supersonic speed
- Boeing Delivers 1st Production Laser JDAM Kits to US Navy
- Northrop Grumman E-2D Advanced Hawkeye Completes Operational Assessment
