Latest generation Gripen arrives in Dubai

Posted at: Thu Nov 17th, 2005

The well-known Swedish fighter jet Gripen arrived in the Middle East for the first time yesterday when it touched down at Airport Expo Dubai in readiness for its regional exhibition debut at Dubai 2005 - the ninth international aerospace show.

Ariane 5 roars to space

Posted at: Thu Nov 17th, 2005

Europe's most powerful rocket - the Ariane 5-ECA - has launched two satellites from French Guiana. It roared away from Kourou spaceport with the thrust of 10 Concordes, on cue at 2046 local time (2346GMT). It was only the third flight for the 780-tonne rocket, which e...

European firms gunning for share of US war dollar

Posted at: Thu Nov 17th, 2005

TURIN, ITALY -- In a large factory at the foot of the Alps, they are making wings for the Eurofighter, bolting together panels of carbon fibre for the supersonic air defence and interceptor jet, destined to be the top gun of the British, German, Italian and Spanish air forces.

Chinese build a high-tech army within an army

Posted at: Thu Nov 17th, 2005

BEIJING – Shi Jin wears a jean jacket, has razor-cropped hair, and seems gravely earnest. An officer in the People's Liberation Army, he was wooed from a Beijing vocational college three years ago by recruiters who talked up his technical aptitude - and his patriotism.