Fleet size, Stand-off Jammer fate in doubt
Posted on: Tue Feb 7th, 2006 | aimpoints.hq.af.mil

Despite recent indications from Pentagon officials that the size of the Air Force's B-52 bomber fleet may be cut nearly in half, service officials have not asked the aircraft's manufacturer Boeing to alter modernization plans for the venerable fleet, according to a senior company official.

Nasa spending to support shuttle
Posted on: Tue Feb 7th, 2006 | news.bbc.co.uk

Despite massive budget shortfalls and a looming retirement date, the US space agency (Nasa) will not abandon its shuttle programme and will keep its promise to finish building the International Space Station.

Fuel leak grounds Steve Fossett
Posted on: Tue Feb 7th, 2006 | news.bbc.co.uk

Adventurer Steve Fossett has postponed his three-day non-stop flight around the world because of mechanical problems and poor wind conditions.

Defense Budget 101 - How much are we really spending?
Posted on: Tue Feb 7th, 2006 | slate.com

The new military budget-released Monday by the White House and the Pentagon-has even more smoke, mirrors, and rabbit-stuffed sleeves than usual.

One Small Step for Drones
Posted on: Tue Feb 7th, 2006 | online.wsj.com

PALMDALE, Calif. -- For decades, Lockheed Martin Corp. has pioneered innovative warplanes -- the kind that take pilots higher, faster and more stealthily into enemy airspace. Now, the defense giant is diving into a sizzling market that it previously ceded to rivals, one that will keep pilots on the ...

Nighthawk set for retirement
Posted on: Tue Feb 7th, 2006 | dailynews.com

WASHINGTON - The F-117A Nighthawk, the stealth fighter that launched Operation Iraqi Freedom, is "long in the tooth" and among the Southern California defense programs being put out to pasture, Pentagon officials said Monday as they unveiled a record $493.3 billion budget that eliminates some of the...

India's MiG-29 jets to be upgraded by Russia
Posted on: Tue Feb 7th, 2006 | timesofindia.indiatimes.com

NEW DELHI: India is finalising a proposal to have its fleet of 67 MiG-29 multi-role fighters refurbished for $888 million by the Russian company RSK-MiG, but the upgrade programme is already two years behind schedule.

US Air Force budget has $8 bln for tankers by 2011
Posted on: Tue Feb 7th, 2006 | today.reuters.com

WASHINGTON, Feb 6 (Reuters) - U.S. President George W. Bush's defense budget plan for fiscal 2007 earmarks $250 million to start replacing the military's aging fleet of aerial refueling tankers, a top U.S. Air Force budget official said on Monday.

Fossett aims for longest nonstop flight record
Posted on: Tue Feb 7th, 2006 | today.reuters.co.uk

CAPE CANAVERAL (Reuters) - Millionaire adventurer Steve Fossett sets out on Tuesday for what he hopes to be the longest nonstop flight ever made by an aircraft.