Moon Race: U.S. Not Alone in Future Lunar Exploration
Posted on: Thu Apr 27th, 2006 | space.com

An unprecedented salvo of international probes will soon shoot for the Moon, all equipped to signal that a new era of lunar exploration has begun.

Second Afghanistan campaign for Canadian Sperwer UAVs
Posted on: Thu Apr 27th, 2006 | spacewar.com

Since the beginning of March, the Canadian Forces' Sperwer CU161 UAVs have been used in the Kandahar region for the benefit of Afghanistan's operational forces. The first flights in their operational missions were carried out successfully, with excellent availability.

Pieces of NASA's Next Mars Mission are Coming Together
Posted on: Thu Apr 27th, 2006 | jpl.nasa.gov

NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander, the next mission to the surface of Mars, is beginning a new phase in preparation for a launch in August 2007.

U.S. Army Apache Helicopter Fleet Passes Two Million Flight Hour Mark
Posted on: Thu Apr 27th, 2006 | boeing.com

ST. LOUIS, April 26, 2006 -- The U.S. Army AH-64 Apache combat helicopter fleet, produced by The Boeing Company [NYSE: BA], has logged more than two million flight hours, according to recently released U.S. Army operational summary data.

House panel restricts missile defense
Posted on: Thu Apr 27th, 2006 | upi.com

WASHINGTON, April 26 (UPI) -- The House Armed Services Strategic Forces Subcommittee has eliminated funding for a third National Missile Defense site in Europe, the committee's Democrats said Wednesday.

House Panel Wants Second JSF Engine
Posted on: Thu Apr 27th, 2006 | armedservices.house.gov

Yesterday, the House Armed Services Committee's tacair panel proposed to add $408 million to the 2007 defense budget to sustain the Joint Strike Fighter alternate engine program.

EADS Advances Aerial Tanker Development
Posted on: Thu Apr 27th, 2006 | northamerica.eads.net

The first A330 aircraft for the Royal Australian Air Force's Multi-role Tanker Transport (MRTT) program has rolled off the production line and completed initial evaluations, and the advanced fly-by-wire refueling boom that will equip it has recently concluded a preliminary series of in-flight tests....

Media Invited to Blended Wing Body Wind Tunnel Test
Posted on: Thu Apr 27th, 2006 | nasa.gov

The future meets the past as researchers from NASA, Boeing and the U.S. Air Force test what could be the shape of some airplanes to come. Engineers have installed a small-scale blended wing body prototype in an historic wind tunnel that once hosted some of America's greatest aviation pioneers, inclu...