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US military launches top-secret robotic spacecraftWashington (AFP) April 22, 2010 A US Air Force unmanned spacecraft blasted off on Thursday from Florida, amid a veil of secrecy about its military mission. The robotic space plane, or X-37B, lifted off from Cape Canaveral atop an Atlas V rocket at 7:52 pm local time (2352 GMT), according video released by the military. "The launch is a go," Air Force Major Angie Blair told AFP. Resembling a miniature space shuttle, the plane is 8.9 meters (29 feet) long and has a wing-span of 4.5 meters. The reusable space vehicle has ... read more |
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Fort Worth TX (SPX) Apr 22, 2010The seventh Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II flight test aircraft took to the skies for the first time, with the overall objective of validating the F-35A conventional takeoff and landing (CTOL) variant's weapons suite. The jet, known as AF-2 and piloted by Lockheed Martin F-35 Test Pilot Jeff Knowles, took off at 5:57 p.m. CDT from Naval Air Station Fort Worth Joint Reserve Base and flew ... more 
Washington DC (SPX) Apr 22, 2010The mine-resistant ambush- protected all-terrain vehicle, or M-ATV, is on its way to Afghanistan to replace many of the up-armored Humvees. "It will not be too long before we will be able to get everybody who can be out of the up-armored Humvee into the MRAP ATV," said Vice Chief of Staff of the Army Gen. General Peter W. Chiarelli. Chiarelli spoke April 14 before the Senate Armed Se ... more 
St. Louis MO (SPX) Apr 22, 2010Boeing [NYSE: BA] is supporting the U.S. Navy's biofuel-powered flight, scheduled to take place on Earth Day, April 22. An unmodified, Boeing-built F/A-18F Super Hornet will take off from Naval Air Station Patuxent River, Md., powered by a sustainable biofuel blend of 50 percent camelina and 50 percent JP-5 aviation fuel. Operating Navy platforms with renewable energy sources such as susta ... more |
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Russia Delays Launch Of New Nuclear SubmarineMoscow (RIA Novosti) Apr 21, 2010 Russia will not float out a new nuclear-powered multipurpose attack submarine as planned on May 7 due to technical reasons, a source in the shipbuilding industry said on Tuesday. Construction of the Severodvinsk, the first Project 885 Yasen (Graney) class submarine, began in 1993 at the Sevmash shipyard in the northern Russian city of Severodvinsk but has since been dogged by financial setbacks. Russia planned to float out the submarine on May 7 to mark the 65th anniversary of the victory over Naz ... read more |
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