Australia's key role in missile shield
Posted on: Fri Jan 6th, 2006 | theage.com.au

AUSTRALIA'S secret Jindalee radar network, capable of "seeing" over the horizon, is a key link in a new anti-ballistic missile shield that will protect much of the globe.

NASA Announces Next Space Station Crew
Posted on: Fri Jan 6th, 2006 | space.com

NASA formally announced the next crew bound for the International Space Station (ISS) Thursday, a two-astronaut team set to launch in mid-March aboard a Russian Soyuz spacecraft.

It's a Fly! It's a Bug! It's a Microplane!
Posted on: Fri Jan 6th, 2006 | technologyreview.com

Almost all of us have wished at one time or another to be a fly on the wall-but nobody wants to get swatted. A safer option might be to command a fleet of intelligent flies that could seek out and report critical information while we stay safely removed from danger. With that idea in mind, engineers...

Take a leap into hyperspace
Posted on: Fri Jan 6th, 2006 | newscientist.com

EVERY year, the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics awards prizes for the best papers presented at its annual conference. Last year's winner in the nuclear and future flight category went to a paper calling for experimental tests of an astonishing new type of engine.

Navy, Air Force Maneuver To Save JSF Alternate Engine
Posted on: Fri Jan 6th, 2006 | aviationweek.com

In a move that echoes past budget maneuvering, the U.S. Navy says it can't afford to keep developing an alternative engine for the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter.

F/A-22 Raptor tests intraflight datalink
Posted on: Fri Jan 6th, 2006 | gizmag.co.uk

Lockheed Martin's F/A-22 Raptor fighter flight-test program has successfully demonstrated an Intraflight Datalink (IFDL) between two planes in the air. The link enhances situational awareness by creating an encrypted voice and data communications channel between the pilots. Seen as a key component o...