India to invite bids for fighter jet deal
Posted on: Mon Nov 21st, 2005 | economictimes.indiatimes.com

BANGALORE: India will soon invite bids from four global defence majors, including Lockheed Martin of the US and Russia's MiG corporation, for its programme to buy 126 combat jets worth about $5 billion, the air force chief said on Monday.

Saab first to sign for Dubai 2007
Posted on: Mon Nov 21st, 2005 | ameinfo.com

Sweden's Saab AB, the major defence company in northern Europe, has become the first company to sign up for Dubai 2007 - the tenth international aerospace exhibition - which will be held from November 11-15, 2007.

USAF will fight back if QDR threatens F/A-22, panelist says
Posted on: Mon Nov 21st, 2005 | aimpoints.hq.af.mil

The U.S. Air Force will fight to protect the F/A-22 Raptor if it's threatened in the Pentagon's upcoming Quadrennial Defense Review, a QDR forum panelist said Nov. 18.

TSR: Just another Apollo? Part one
Posted on: Mon Nov 21st, 2005 | thespacereview.com

NASA's exploration architecture has undergone intense scrutiny, and considerable criticism, since its release two months ago. In the first of a two-part report, Daniel Handlin examines the technical details of the architecture and concludes that this is far more than “Apollo on steroids”...

Russian warhead alters course midflight in test
Posted on: Mon Nov 21st, 2005 | washtimes.com

Russia recently conducted a flight test of a new warhead that can change course in midflight, which U.S. and Russian officials are calling part of Moscow's efforts to defeat U.S. missile defenses.