Boeing eyes Japan for airborne laser help
Posted on: Sat Mar 11th, 2006 | today.reuters.com

WASHINGTON, March 10 (Reuters) - Boeing Co. (BA.N: Quote, Profile, Research) is weighing a possible Japanese role in its multibillion-dollar drive to build a 747 jumbo jet that could zap a ballistic missile with a laser, a company official said Friday.

Air Force Eyes Future Bomber 'Fly-Off'
Posted on: Sat Mar 11th, 2006 | military.com

Senior Air Force officials could commission a fly-off to determine which industry platforms are best suited to meet the service's need for a new long-range bomber by 2018, Chief of Staff Gen. T. Michael Moseley told Inside the Air Force this week.

Mars orbiter reaches Red Planet
Posted on: Sat Mar 11th, 2006 | news.bbc.co.uk

Nasa's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) has survived a critical phase in its mission by parking itself in an elliptical orbit around the Red Planet.