Putin fires head of space company after launch failures
Posted on: Tue Nov 29th, 2005 | usatoday.com

MOSCOW (AP) — President Vladimir Putin fired the head of Russia's space construction company, the Kremlin said Tuesday, after a series of embarrassing launch failures dented the program's prestige.

'Perfect storm' could reshape Air Force for years to come
Posted on: Tue Nov 29th, 2005 | macon.com

ROBINS AIR FORCE BASE - As Bob Largent sees it, the Air Force is in the middle of what he calls a "perfect storm" - a clash of stark realities and unruly circumstances that will determine the future role of air power and most certainly affect the workload at Robins Air Force Base.

US programmes face paring knife
Posted on: Tue Nov 29th, 2005 | janes.com

Final deliberations are under way on the composition of the US Department of Defense's (DoD's) Fiscal Year 2007 budget and a number of crown jewels in the military's modernisation plans are being considered for cuts because of their high price tags.