First F-35 Joint Strike Fighter rolls out
Posted on: Mon Feb 20th, 2006 | upi.com

FORT WORTH, Texas, Feb. 20 (UPI) -- The Joint Strike Fighter program reached a milestone Sunday when the first production F-35 rolled out of the door at the Lockheed Martin plant in Texas.

EADS plans to halt Asian domination of Boeing fighters
Posted on: Mon Feb 20th, 2006 | news.monstersandcritics.com

Singapore - European giant EADS plans to halt the domination of its US rival Boeing's military aircraft in Asia, chief executive officer Tom Enders said on Monday.

NASA plans to park space shuttle Atlantis in 2008
Posted on: Mon Feb 20th, 2006 | spaceflightnow.com

With just 17 or so flights left on the shuttle manifest before the program is terminated in 2010, NASA's three remaining orbiters can only expect to fly about five missions each. As it turns out, NASA now plans to retire Atlantis in 2008, after five flights, rather than put it through a required ove...

The third shoe - Problems with military space programs
Posted on: Mon Feb 20th, 2006 | thespacereview.com

Military space programs have suffered in recent years from numerous cost overruns, schedule delays, and other problems. Wayne Eleazer explains how this stemmed from changes the Air Force made to the acquisition and management of space projects.

Eurofighter Enters Final Flight-Test Phase
Posted on: Mon Feb 20th, 2006 | eurofighter.com

A busy year lies ahead for the four national Eurofighter Typhoon team, as the programme has entered the final stages of the main development with more than two thirds of the flight test programme achieved so far. The testing of the air-to-air carefree handling Flight Control System software is almos...

Europe's EADS to seek Eurofighter contract in India
Posted on: Mon Feb 20th, 2006 | forbes.com

SINGAPORE (AFX) - The European Aeronautic Defence and Space Company (EADS) plans to bid for a new jet fighter contract in India, the company's co-chief executive officer said.

Will unmanned aerial vehicles run out of air?
Posted on: Mon Feb 20th, 2006 | gcn.com

Unmanned aerial vehicles are vital to the Defense Department's net-centric operations, according to the 2006 Quadrennial Defense Review, but the bandwidth essential to supporting them is disappearing.

Unmanned aircraft generating considerable buzz
Posted on: Mon Feb 20th, 2006 | dfw.com

WASHINGTON - The Pentagon's push to build up its inventory of unmanned aircraft is fanning a robust emerging market for the defense industry, and Lockheed Martin and Bell Helicopter say they plan to be in thick of the action.