iscoverSpace Shuttle Atlantis has returned from its last mission, landing on May 26 at the Kennedy Space Center at Cape Canaveral, Florida, for the last time after a mission to the International Space Station (ISS). On its 32nd and final mission, Atlantis carried six astronauts who installed a Russian component to the ISS as well
Boeing’s X-51A WaveRider broke the record for the longest scramjet (supersonic combustion ramjet) powered flight in history after it sustained flight for nearly three and a half minutes at a top speed of Mach 5 on May 26. The unmanned WaveRider was released from a US Air Force B-52H (pictured) off the coast of southern
Boeing, Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne and the US Air Force Research Laboratory will launch the scramjet powered X-51A WaveRider on May 25 from a B-52 off the coast of southern California. The WaveRider is expected to fly for five minutes powered by its scramjet (supersonic combustion ramjet) motor, accelerating to approximately Mach 6.0 to ride
The US Congress has threatened to reduce funding and slash production numbers of the F-35 JSF in FY2011 if the program fails to achieve revised cost and schedule goals this year. A bill, dubbed ‘HR 5136’, has been introduced to reduce the F-35’s development budget by 25 per cent and further cut the FY2011 aircraft
BAE Systems Australia has announced it will soon commence basic flying training of students from the Royal Brunei Air Force (RBAF) at its Tamworth Flight Training Centre. “The contract will see five students complete a training program provided solely by BAE Systems instructional staff at the Tamworth flying training college, utilising CT-4B training aircraft,” said
Use of the Salt Ash Air Weapons range near RAAF Base Williamtown will be halved when the F-35A JSF enters RAAF service. The ADF says it has completed its review into the way the JSF will use the range and the aircraft’s anticipated noise footprint, expected to be far greater than the F/A-18 Hornets it
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