House of Commons unhappy about JSF plans
Posted on: Fri Mar 3rd, 2006 | publications.parliament.uk

Members of the Select Committee on Defence are worried about setbacks in the Joint Strike Fighter program, possible cuts by the united States, and the UK's 'sovereign capability' to maintain and upgrade the JSF independently.

Astronauts blast science budget cuts
Posted on: Fri Mar 3rd, 2006 | cnn.com

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -- The Bush administration's focus on big, expensive space missions is starving budgets for some of NASA's most productive small-scale science programs, astronomers told the U.S. Congress on Thursday.

ISS 'to be completed as planned'
Posted on: Fri Mar 3rd, 2006 | news.bbc.co.uk

The heads of the five space agencies in charge of the International Space Station (ISS) have held talks on the future of the facility.

US offers F-16s, F-18s for India's air force
Posted on: Fri Mar 3rd, 2006 | forbes.com

The major defense giants are fighting a though battle to win a $9-bn fighter aircraft deal. Six companies are currently competing; Lockheed Martin (F-16), Boeing (F/A-18), French company Dassault (Rafale), EADS (Eurofighter), Saab (JAS-39 Gripen) and Russian MiG (Mig-29, Mig-35).

US Air Force starts final F-22 talks with Lockheed Martin
Posted on: Fri Mar 3rd, 2006 | marketwatch.com

WASHINGTON (MarketWatch) -- The U.S. Air Force on Thursday announced the launch of talks with Lockheed Martin Corp. (LMT) and United Technologies Corp.'s (UTX) Pratt & Whitney unit on the final round of F-22 stealth fighter purchases.

Senate committee to hold hearing on JSF alternate engine
Posted on: Fri Mar 3rd, 2006 | marketwatch.com

WASHINGTON (MarketWatch) -- Senate Armed Services Committee Chairman John Warner, R-Va., on Thursday said he would soon call hearings on the Pentagon's plan to kill the F-35 alternate engine, made by General Electric Co. (GE) and Rolls-Royce Corp. (RR.LN).