New AEDC series underway to clear Joint Strike Fighter for flight tests
Posted on: Wed Dec 28th, 2005 | tullahomanews.com

ARNOLD AIR FORCE BASE – A new series of tests of the Pratt & Whitney F135 jet engine, powerplant for the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter has begun in the Arnold Center’s C-1 test cell

Lockheed May Get $1.15 Billion Order for 26 Transport Planes
Posted on: Wed Dec 28th, 2005 | quote.bloomberg.com

Dec. 28 (Bloomberg) -- Lockheed Martin Corp. may receive a $1.15 billion U.S. military order for 26 C-130J transport aircraft over the next two years under a Defense Department budget proposal.

F-22A Took Long Road to Intital Operational Capability
Posted on: Wed Dec 28th, 2005 | military.com

EDWARDS Air Force BASE, Calif. - With the F-22A Raptor's initial operational capability declaration Dec. 15 came the capstone of a process that began 76 months earlier, in August 1997, when a C-5 Galaxy landed here and taxied down the expansive "Contractor's Row" with several crates and boxes in its...

NASA Considering Extending Cassini Mission Through 2010
Posted on: Wed Dec 28th, 2005 | aviationweek.com

NASA is considering a two-year extension to the Cassini mission that would extend the probe's exploration of Saturn and its moons through 2010.

Europe launches Galileo satellite
Posted on: Wed Dec 28th, 2005 | news.bbc.co.uk

A new era in satellite navigation has begun with the launch of Giove-A. The 600kg spacecraft was lofted into orbit on a Soyuz rocket from Baikonur, Kazakhstan, at 1119 (0519GMT).