Venezuela Poised To Take Over As Top Latin American Arms Buyer
Posted on: Wed Nov 16th, 2005 | spacewar.com

Over the past year Venezuela has adopted a force structure revitalization program that could be worth as much as $30.7 billion through 2012. If fulfilled, this would make the country the leading arms buyer in the region through the rest of the decade.

Pentagon weighs cuts in F-35 program
Posted on: Wed Nov 16th, 2005 | dfw.com

PHOENIX -- Top Pentagon officials are still weighing whether to order dramatic cuts in the size and scope of the F-35 joint strike fighter program, including possibly eliminating one of the three planned versions of the aircraft.

Private Supply Ships Vital for Space Vision, NASA Chief Says
Posted on: Wed Nov 16th, 2005 | space.com

LEAGUE CITY, TX – Commercial space station cargo ships, crew ferries and other spacecraft will prove a vital cog in NASA’s engine for future space exploration, the agency’s top official said Tuesday.

NASA chooses Ames Research Center for unmanned lunar explorations
Posted on: Wed Nov 16th, 2005 | news.xinhuanet.com

LOS ANGELES, Nov. 15 (Xinhuanet) -- The US space agency NASA has chosen the Ames Research Center to manage upcoming robotic lunar missions that prelude astronauts' venture there by year 2018, officials said.