Servicing the Hubble: Shuttle mission plans refined

Posted at: Tue Dec 6th, 2005

Preparations for a shuttle mission to upgrade and repair the Hubble Space Telescope in late 2007 or early 2008 are picking up steam as engineers map out the details of a five-spacewalk flight designed to keep the venerable observatory alive and well through at least 2013.

Virgin Atlantic to offer frequent flyers tickets to space

Posted at: Tue Dec 6th, 2005

LONDON, England (CNN) -- Executives bored with criss-crossing the globe will soon have the chance to boldly go where few travelers have gone before: space. Passengers who clock up air miles on Virgin Atlantic'sFlying Club reward scheme are being given the chance to convert them into s...

FA18 Super Hornet Radar Delivers Multiple JDAMs On Target

Posted at: Tue Dec 6th, 2005

El Segundo CA: The revolutionary APG-79 AESA (Active Electronically Scanned Array) radar developed by Raytheon Company's Space and Airborne Systems (SAS) has scored another first. The system successfully delivered multiple JDAMs (Joint Direct Attack Munition) using real-time targeting...

QDR Will Hold Line on F/A-22, F-35: Analyst

Posted at: Tue Dec 6th, 2005

The Quadrennial Defense Review (QDR) debate about the Pentagon’s next-generation combat jets has come to an end, and like most roller-coasters, it left the programs just about where they started, analysts say. When it is released early next year, the QDR is expected to recommen...

Pratt & Whitney Completes First Flight Test F135 Engine for JSF

Posted at: Tue Dec 6th, 2005

MIDDLETOWN, Conn., Dec. 5 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Pratt & Whitney's F135 team has completed the engine that will power the first flight of the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter. The milestone, marked with the turning of a ceremonial last bolt today, was celebrated at Pratt & Whitney's Engine Center in Mid...

Target locked: IAF aims for Mirage 4000

Posted at: Tue Dec 6th, 2005

The Defence Ministry might be on the lookout for a new Air Superiority Fighter (ASF) aircraft for the Indian Air Force (IAF) but it is not going to be the US F-16. According to a senior official in the ministry, the government has zeroed in on Mirage 4000, manufactured by Dassault Bréguet of France...

MiG to bid for Indian Air Force tender for 126 fighter planes

Posted at: Tue Dec 6th, 2005

Leading Russian aircraft manufacturer MiG will participate in a tender on the licensed production and delivery of 126 fighter aircraft for the Indian air force, a company official said today. Speaking at the international forum 'Russia and India: Strategic Partnership in the 21st Cen...