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There has been more criticism of the Joint Strike Fighter program in the US, with concerns raised about budget blowouts and delays.
A report from a US congressional watchdog, the Government Accountability Office, says the cost of the program has increased by $46 billion and development is two-and-a-half years behind schedule.
Australia is planning to buy up [...]

London, September 9 (ANI): In a new report, a panel of experts have suggested that humans could orbit Mars in the 2020s, provided NASA’s budget is boosted.

According to an article in the New Scientist, at its current funding level, the agency will be unable to leave low-Earth orbit for at least the next two decades, [...]

Washington, Sept 2 (ANI): NASA’s Orion spacecraft has passed a significant design milestone by completing the Orion Project’s preliminary design review (PDR), and thus taking a major step toward building the next crew exploration vehicle.

Orion is being designed to carry astronauts to the International Space Station and other destinations.

The preliminary design review is one [...]

Jerusalem, July 5 (ANI): The United States has forced an Israeli company to back out of the multi-billion dollar tender to sell new multi-role fighter jets to the Indian Air Force.

Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) has been pressurized by the Pentagon to back out of a joint partnership with a Swedish aerospace company, Saab Gripen.

The six [...]

Washington, June 30 (ANI): Patrol agents along the US border are using a sophisticated ground penetrating radar to spot illegal tunnels dug by criminals.

While most tunnels are used to move drugs or people, they could also be used to move in weapons and explosives for a terrorist [...]

Washington, June 19 (ANI): NASA’s Interstellar Boundary Explorer (IBEX) spacecraft has made the first observations of very fast hydrogen atoms coming from the Moon, following decades of speculation and searching for their existence.

During spacecraft commissioning, the IBEX team turned on the IBEX-Hi instrument, built primarily by Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) and the Los Alamos National [...]

HANOI, May 22 (Xinhua)–Vietnam’s Ministry of Science and Technology said it will cooperate with the U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to build a space legal framework and its first space technology research and development center, the local newspaper Vietnam Nation reported Friday.
According to Deputy Minister of Science and Technology [...]

President Barack Obama, seeking to end the schedule delays and cost overruns that plague U.S. defense spending, signed a law on Friday to reform the way the Pentagon purchases major weapons systems.
“As commander-in-chief, I will do whatever it takes to protect the American people,” Obama said at a White House signing ceremony. “But I reject [...]

Washington, May 15 (ANI): The US Senate Appropriations Committee has approved about 900 million dollars in economic and security aid for Pakistan which is battling Taliban, spilling over its border with Afghanistan.

The Senate allocated 91.3 billion dollars measure to fund the wars in [...]

Washington, May 11 (ANI): The US Navy has come out with America’s next generation of warship that is designed to tackle the modern threats of piracy and terrorism.
The Littoral Combat Ship is a new generation high-speed warship designed to carry out a range of operations

With a top speed of 50 knots (60 mph), [...]

Washington, Apr 25 (ANI): A University of Arizona professor, who led NASA’s Phoenix Mars Mission, has said that within 10 years life will be found outside Earth.

Peter Smith held the audience spellbound in his lecture, “Journey of the Phoenix,” on April 16 at the University of Delaware, as he shared images taken by the Phoenix [...]

By Andrea Shalal-Esa
DOTHAN REGIONAL AIRPORT, Alabama, April 14 (Reuters) – Defense Secretary Robert Gates said on Tuesday the Pentagon will have a “robust” buy of Lockheed Martin Corp’s (LMT.N) workhorse C-130J transport airplane, the longest-running military aircraft production program.
Gates, who met with U.S. Army pilots and instructors in Alabama, said he did not know [...]

DOTHAN REGIONAL AIRPORT, Alabama (Reuters) – Defense Secretary Robert Gates said on Tuesday the Pentagon will have a “robust” buy of Lockheed Martin Corp’s workhorse C-130J transport airplane, the longest-running military aircraft production program.
Gates, who met with U.S. Army pilots and instructors in Alabama, said he did not know what termination fee that Pentagon might [...]

The head of the U.S. spy satellite agency, the National Reconnaissance Office, has announced his resignation, a spokesman said on Thursday.
Scott Large sent a memo to NRO employees on Wednesday announcing his decision, which will be effective on April 18, NRO spokesman Rick Oborn said.
His announcement came just a day after the U.S. government said [...]

Washington, April 5 (ANI): This year, on Space Day, which is celebrated on the first Friday in May, NASA and Lockheed Martin’s main program would involve signatures by students flown aboard a space shuttle mission.

Known as ‘Student Signatures in Space’, the program will be one of the highlighted projects during the Space Day.

The mission of [...]

India will soon begin trials of fighter jets competing for one of the world’s biggest arms deals, a defence ministry official said on Thursday, brushing aside speculation the upcoming election could affect the deal.
Last year, six international companies submitted bids to supply India with 126 multi-role fighter jets and bag the $10-billion contract.
Two U.S. companies, [...]

Washington – An F-22A fighter jet crashed in California while on a test flight on Wednesday, the US Air Force confirmed. The status of the pilot was unclear.
Lieutenant Colonel Karen Platt, an Air Force spokeswoman, said the crash took place about 55 kilometres northwest of Edwards Air Force Base, which lies in the desert [...]

Washington – Tens of thousands of protestors in Washington and California carried banners and shouted slogans Saturday, calling for an end to the war in Iraq.
The protests marked the sixth anniversary of the US invasion of Iraq on March 20, 2003.
The ANSWER (Act Now to Stop War and End Racism) Coalition said more than [...]

Washington, Mar 6 (ANI): The defense contractor building a fleet of new presidential helicopters has privately advised the Pentagon that its total cost has gone up by at least 1.8 billion dollars in the past year to 13 billion dollars.

The development makes the embattled [...]

Washington, Feb 24 (ANI): President Barack Obama doesn’t think he needs a fleet of new helicopters to serve as Marine One.

Discussing the issue of military procurement during the closing session of his White House Summit on Fiscal Responsibility, Senator John McCain raised concerns about the skyrocketing costs of the program to build a fleet [...]