Pluto probe launches from Florida
Posted on: Thu Jan 19th, 2006 | news.bbc.co.uk

The US space agency, Nasa, has successfully launched its New Horizons mission to Pluto.

Towards air-breathing rockets
Posted on: Thu Jan 19th, 2006 | hindu.com

THE INDIAN Space Research Organisation (ISRO) added another feather to its cap when it successfully tested the use of oxygen moving at a speed of Mach 6 — six times the speed of sound — in laboratory conditions to produce a stable supersonic combustion lasting for a few seconds.

Global Hawk UAV 'arrives'
Posted on: Thu Jan 19th, 2006 | af.mil

1/18/2006 - SOUTHWEST ASIA (AFPN) -- Senior Airman Richard Griego puts chocks under a Global Hawk at a desert base. The unmanned aerial vehicle is the Air Force's first production Global Hawk and the first deployed. It has been upgraded from previous models.

Transatlantic turbulence over strike fighter deal
Posted on: Thu Jan 19th, 2006 | isn.ethz.ch

When the US offered its closest ally a slice of its multi-billion dollar Joint Strike Fighter program four years ago, the opportunity seemed too good to decline. For a contribution of just US$2 billion, Britain could become the top international partner in a project to create a new generation of fig...

SA Gripen hits Swedish skies on maiden flight
Posted on: Thu Jan 19th, 2006 | engineeringnews.co.za

Saab and BAE Systems acquired a joint direct industrial participation (DIP) obligation arising from South Africa’s combined procurement of 28 Gripen fighters and 24 Hawk lead-in fighter trainers from the two companies.

The trouble with JSF
Posted on: Thu Jan 19th, 2006 | fighterforce.com.au

THE Federal Government major review of Defence spending conducted in December 2005 heralds a new era in combat capability for the Australian Defence Force.

Test Failures Slow U.S. Missile Defense
Posted on: Thu Jan 19th, 2006 | abcnews.go.com

FORT GREELY, Alaska Jan 18, 2006 — Behind the heavy barbed wire at this snowy range are silos containing eight interceptors designed to shoot down incoming enemy missiles. There were supposed to be as many as 16 in place by now.

Pentagon begins briefing Congress on results of QDR
Posted on: Thu Jan 19th, 2006 | aimpoints.hq.af.mil

The Pentagon has begun briefing Congress on the results of the 2006 Quadrennial Defense Review in preparation for Senate hearings next month.

NASA to try Pluto launch again
Posted on: Thu Jan 19th, 2006 | cnn.com

(CNN) -- NASA will try again Thursday to launch its New Horizons spacecraft on a mission to explore the planet Pluto.