Australia brings HALE UAV project forward by a year

Posted at: Mon Mar 6th, 2006

Australia will, over the next three months, consider proposals for initial funding for Phase I of it's "Project Air 7000", a high-altitude, long-endurance (HALE) multi-mission maritime unmanned air vehicle. The US Pacific Command has proposed a common regional "pool" of ...

Space Based Radar to Track Ground Targets

Posted at: Mon Mar 6th, 2006

Kirtland AFB, N.M. - When launched in 2010, a football-field-in-length demonstrator radar antenna, weighing more than 5 tons, will serve as the forerunner for the future of America's intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance assets in space.

CAESAR Triumphs As New Gen Of Radar Takes Flight

Posted at: Mon Mar 6th, 2006

The new generation of electronically scanned (E-Scan) radar systems has moved from lab tests to field trials when the first successful airborne operational test of Euroradar's CAESAR fighter radar system took place over Wiltshire in the UK.

China's defense budget to increase 14.7% in 2006

Posted at: Mon Mar 6th, 2006

To increase it's strength and capability "to fight a defensive war", China has increased it's defense budget by 14.7% to 283.8 billion yuan (about 35.1 billion U.S. dollars). The Pentagon has routinely warned...

Two-Stage-to-Orbit 'Blackstar' System Shelved at Groom Lake?

Posted at: Mon Mar 6th, 2006

For 16 years, Aviation Week & Space Technology has investigated myriad sightings of a two-stage-to-orbit system that could place a small military spaceplane in orbit. Considerable evidence supports the existence of such a highly classified system, and top Pentagon officials have hinted that it's...

NASA, astronomers, and the establishment of research priorities

Posted at: Mon Mar 6th, 2006

NASA's proposed 2007 budget, which cuts back funding for science programs, has been harshly criticized by the professional astronomy community. Brian Dewhurst explains how this is the inevitable outcome of a shift from a science-oriented to mission-oriented agency.