Defense bill provides $100M for FALCON hypersonic cruise vehicle - UPDATED

Posted at: Mon Nov 12th, 2007

The Washington Post reports on a $100 million budget request for development of the FACLON hypersonic cruise vehicle (HCV) as part of the $459 billion defense appropriations bill.

Design Flaws Force Changes to USAF Raptor

Posted at: Mon Nov 12th, 2007

With a price tag of $130 million per F-22A Raptor — $330 million including research and development costs — critics wonder why millions more will have to be spent to fix corrosion problems and design flaws on some of the 104 stealth fighters delive...