The Long Range Penetrator On the 11th July, 1986, in the early hours of the morning a USAF fighter aircraft crashed into a hillside in a mountainous country, northeast of Bakersfield in Southern California. The pilot, USAF Major Ross Mulhare of the 4450th Tactical Air Group at Nellis AFB, was killed. While fire-fighters battled the

Japan: The Next Space Power? The commercialisation of satellite launching and later other space based activities are very likely to be exploited by Japan’s growing space industry. The Japanese, following a strategy analogous to their past exploits in the automotive and commercial electronics industry, are poised to enter the world launcher market. Japan has maintained

Csiro Airborne Platform Provides Entree to Space Business Australia’s only dedicated research aircraft, which is currently playing a key role in two joint international environmental studies, is set to figure prominently in projects aimed at developing new generation scanning and imaging instruments for incorporation in future satellite systems. Dr Ken McCracken, Director of the CSIRO

Australia to Develop New Light Helicopter With France? At time of going to press there was a considerable chance that Australia would be joining with France to co-develop a new light helicopter. For the past several months in-depth discussions have been taking place between the newly formed Aerospace Technologies of Australia (ex GAF) and Aerospatiale