Monthly Archives: October 2008
Air Force creates new pilot programs for drones
WASHINGTON – Scrambling to meet commanders' insatiable demands for unmanned aircraft, the Air Force is launching two new training programs, including an experimental one that would churn out up to 1,100 desperately needed pilots to fly the drones over Iraq … Continue reading
Buckypaper: The future of aircraft?
It's called "buckypaper" and looks a lot like ordinary carbon paper, but don't be fooled by the cute name or flimsy appearance. It could revolutionize the way everything from airplanes to TVs are made. Buckypaper is 10 times lighter but … Continue reading
Could the Crew of Space Shuttle Columbia have been saved?
On February 1, 2003, as the Space Shuttle Columbia reentered Earth's atmosphere at the end of a two-week scientific mission, it suddenly broke apart in the skies over Texas, instantly killing the five men and two women onboard. In the … Continue reading
Awesome F-35B Video
http://gizmodo.com/5062451/awesome-f+35b-video-shows-us-marines-already-have-transformers
The search goes on for a missing B-25
Is a B-25 bomber that crashed in the Monongahela River in 1956 still there, or was it removed under darkness by the government? This week, a research group is once again trying to answer that question. The B-25 Recovery Group … Continue reading
Air Force scales back plans for Cyber Command
The Air Force is going ahead with plans to put together a force that will wage wars online. But it won't be a full-fledged Cyber Command. In August, the Air Force put its controversial effort to put together a "Cyber … Continue reading
Chinese counterfeit chips causing military hardware crashes
One of the unintended consequences of both cutting the Pentagon's budget and encouraging low-cost, off-the-shelf procurement, has been a dramatic decline in the use of authorized resellers and/or parts purchased directly from the manufacturer. Under the new rules, government contractors … Continue reading
Soviet shuttle finally gets a home
A Soviet space shuttle has finally landed in a museum. After a long history and a virtual world tour, a Shuttle Buran was put on permanent display to the public on Friday at the “Technik Museum Speyer” near Manheim, Germany. … Continue reading
Navy confirms lost WWII sub has been found
The Navy has confirmed the wreckage of a sunken vessel found last year off the Aleutians Islands is that of the USS Grunion, which disappeared during World War II. Underwater video footage and pictures captured by an expedition hired by … Continue reading