News Desk, Thursday 23 March, 2006
![Thu Mar 23rd, 2006 - First Finnish NH90 Helicopters Due by Year-End](../../../../MIL/nh90/nh90_header.jpg)
The Finnish military is to receive the first four examples of its new NHIndustries NH90 tactical transport helicopters by the end of the year, the Finnish Defence Forces (FDF) told the Finnish News Agency (STT).
![Thu Mar 23rd, 2006 - 5-inch metal pin does $6.7 million in damage to Raptor](../../../../news/images/f22.jpg)
One night last October in the Utah desert, an Air Force mechanic double-checked the landing gear on a gleaming new F-22 Raptor fighter jet. It was five days into the Langley Air Force Base unit's first training mission.
![Thu Mar 23rd, 2006 - Scientists gear up for new scramjet tests](../../../../hypersonics/images/hyshot2_launch_b2.jpg)
A new scramjet engine, shaped like a bullet, will be tested in the Australian desert tomorrow by an international team of scientists that hopes it will be more efficient than previous designs.
![Thu Mar 23rd, 2006 - Russian Air Force to get 24 Su-34 fighter-bombers by 2010](../../../../news/images/su30mk.jpg)
NOVOSIBIRSK, March 23 (Itar-Tass) - Russia's Defense Ministry will purchase a regiment of 24 newest Su-34 planes for the Air Force by 2010, Deputy Prime Minister, Defense Minister Sergei Ivanov told reporters on Thursday.
![Thu Mar 23rd, 2006 - U.S. grapples with missile defense command, control](../../../../news/images/missiledefense.jpg)
Though the Pentagon is pushing ahead with the purchase and installation of several key components of missile defense systems, U.S. military officials are still trying to figure out critical operational details, a top U.S. commander said March 20.
![Thu Mar 23rd, 2006 - Boeing C-17 Globemaster III Reaches Million Flight Hour Milestone](../../../../news/images/c17.jpg)
ST. LOUIS, March 20, 2024 -- The fleet of C-17 Globemaster III airlifters built by The Boeing Company [NYSE:BA] has reached one million flying hours -- the equivalent of one of the advanced cargo jets flying every minute of every day continuously for more than 114 years.
![Thu Mar 23rd, 2006 - F-35 Joint Strike Fighter: next Dubai ports deal?](../../../../news/images/f35_2.jpg)
Officials in the US and in the United Arab Emirates are worried that the furor sparked by the Dubai ports deal may be repeated, this time over a core Pentagon program: development of the cutting-edge F-35 Joint Strike Fighter.
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Indian Air Force (IAF)
Missile Defense
Pentagon Budget Cuts
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Propulsion Systems
Stealth Technology
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Mars Exploration Programs
Militarisation of Space
NASA's New Moon Program
Space Tourism
The Chinese Space Program
The International Space Station
The Space Shuttle
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