EADS CEO bullish on winning US tanker contract
Posted on: Mon Mar 13th, 2006 | abcnews.go.com

NEW YORK (Reuters) - EADS is confident it can win all, or a large part, of a multibillion-dollar contract to supply the U.S. Air Force with tanker planes, one of the European aerospace company's co-chiefs said on Monday.

Six blind men in a zoo: Aviation Week's mythical Blackstar
Posted on: Mon Mar 13th, 2006 | thespacereview.com

Aviation Week magazine reported last week that the US had secretly developed a two-stage manned spaceplane. Dwayne Day examines the details of the article and the quality of the evidence cited and finds many flaws.

Air force official predicts big international demand for F-35 plane
Posted on: Mon Mar 13th, 2006 | mercurynews.com

WASHINGTON - Demand from foreign governments for the new F-35 Joint Strike Fighter is so strong that the U.S. Air Force may let them buy some of the 1,763 it is slated to get, the service's chief says.

Joint Strike Fighter Not So Stealthy Afterall!
Posted on: Mon Mar 13th, 2006 | smh.com.au

Dispite repeated denials by both Lockheed and the Pentagon, the F-25 Joint Strike Fighter is less stealthty than previously claimed.