X-48B scale model to fly next year
Posted on: Wed Nov 23rd, 2005 | flightinternational.com

Boeing and NASA will flight test the X-48B, a 6.4m (21ft)-span, 8.5% scale model of a blended wing body (BWB) configuration, next year at the US space agency’s Dryden Flight Research Center in California.

U.S. Eyes Military Sales at Dubai Show
Posted on: Wed Nov 23rd, 2005 | defensenews.com

U.S. defense firms looked to capitalize on Gulf states’ unabated need for sophisticated new military equipment at the Dubai air show Nov. 22, with Washington hoping such sales will reinforce strategic alliances.

Private Spacecraft Developer Settles on New Design
Posted on: Wed Nov 23rd, 2005 | space.com

A private space firm with orbital aspirations has revamped its plans for a crew-carrying spacecraft.

NRL demonstrates fuel cell-powered unmanned aerial system
Posted on: Wed Nov 23rd, 2005 | eurekalert.org

The Naval Research Laboratory (NRL), in collaboration with industrial partners, demonstrated an unmanned aerial system (UAS) flight solely powered by fuel cell technology. The flight of the 5.6-pound 'Spider-Lion" lasted 3 hours, 19 minutes and consumed 15-grams of compressed hydrogen gas.

Team Tests Joint Strike Fighter's Survivability
Posted on: Wed Nov 23rd, 2005 | military.com

EDWARDS Air Force BASE, Calif. - Members of the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter Integrated Test Force here are testing the chemical and biological survivability of the future jet.

NASA still plagued with foam problems
Posted on: Wed Nov 23rd, 2005 | cnn.com

(CNN) -- Under mandate to keep space shuttles grounded until its issues with foam insulation are resolved, NASA discovered nine small cracks in the foam coating on an external tank that had been slated for use by space shuttle Discovery, the agency said Tuesday.