News of January 06, 2006
Australia's key role in missile shield
Posted at: Fri Jan 6th, 2006
AUSTRALIA'S secret Jindalee radar network, capable of "seeing" over the horizon, is a key link in a new anti-ballistic missile shield that will protect much of the globe.
The missile defence system, designed to protect America and its allies from missiles launched by "rogue states", w...
NASA Announces Next Space Station Crew
Posted at: Fri Jan 6th, 2006
NASA formally announced the next crew bound for the International Space Station (ISS) Thursday, a two-astronaut team set to launch in mid-March aboard a Russian Soyuz spacecraft.
Veteran cosmonaut Pavel Vinogradov, with Russia’s Federal Space...
It's a Fly! It's a Bug! It's a Microplane!
Posted at: Fri Jan 6th, 2006
Almost all of us have wished at one time or another to be a fly on the wall-but nobody wants to get swatted. A safer option might be to command a fleet of intelligent flies that could seek out and report critical information while we stay safely removed from danger. With that idea in mind, engineers...
Take a leap into hyperspace
Posted at: Fri Jan 6th, 2006
EVERY year, the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics awards prizes for the best papers presented at its annual conference. Last year's winner in the nuclear and future flight category went to a paper calling for experimental tests of an astonishing new type of engine.
Navy, Air Force Maneuver To Save JSF Alternate Engine
Posted at: Fri Jan 6th, 2006
In a move that echoes past budget maneuvering, the U.S. Navy says it can't afford to keep developing an alternative engine for the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter.
The U.S. Air Force, staring at shouldering the $3.4 billion F136 engine program alone, at a cos...
F/A-22 Raptor tests intraflight datalink
Posted at: Fri Jan 6th, 2006
Lockheed Martin's F/A-22 Raptor fighter flight-test program has successfully demonstrated an Intraflight Datalink (IFDL) between two planes in the air. The link enhances situational awareness by creating an encrypted voice and data communications channel between the pi...
