The Air Force wants arch rivals Boeing and Lockheed to play in
the same sandbox and play nicely. The USAF has asked the two
aerospace giants to cooperate on launching classified payloads,
according to a report from Reuters.
In your dreams, say sources within the launch industry.
Klyde, the only ant in aviation, doesn't fly just anything. For
instance, he flew on SpaceShipOne when it garnered the X-Prize. And
he was on board the venerable B-52B known as "Balls Eight" when it
made its last flight for NASA.
Lockheed Martin's GPS satellite, launched from Cape Canaveral
Air Force Station, FL, November 6th, has been declared fully
operational for military and civilian navigation users around the
globe.
Named Space Shuttle Propulsion Chief Engineer At NASA's
Marshall Center
John S. Chapman has been named Space Shuttle Propulsion Chief
Engineer with the Engineering Directorate at NASA's Marshall Space
Flight Center in Huntsville, AL.