On April 16, 2008 at the Space Dynamics Laboratory in North Logan, Utah, the Multiple Kill Vehicle team completed calibration of the pathfinder carrier vehicle seeker. Completion of pathfinder seeker calibration is a major milestone along the way to develop

Pratt & Whitney received a statement of qualification for the F135 short-takeoff/vertical-landing (STOVL) propulsion system from the F-35 Joint Program Office. This statement certifies Pratt & Whitney's F135-PW-600 STOVL propulsion system for up-and-away flight operations. The F135-PW-600 STOVL propulsion system

Exercise Aman Sena, an international exercise on United Nations mandated, multidimensional, Integrated, Peace Support Operations commenced at the College of Defence Management (CDM), Secunderabad on 21 May 08. This exercise is a pioneering effort by CDM under the aegis of

Indian Coast Guard commissioned the 5th Advanced Offshore Patrol Vessel of the. CGS 'Sankalp' 20 May 2008. The ICGS Sankalp has been designed and built indigenously by the defence PSU, Goa Shipyard Limited. The AOPV is designed to carry one

Sea Launch Company today successfully delivered the Galaxy 18 communications satellite to orbit fromits ocean-based platform on the Equator, marking its third successful launch in 2008.A Zenit-3SL rocket lifted off at 2:43am PDT (9:43 GMT) from the Odyssey Launch Platform,

The U.S. Navy conducted a successful test launch this month of two Trident II D5 Fleet Ballistic Missiles (FBMs). The Navy launched the unarmed missiles from the submerged submarine USS Nebraska (SSBN 739) in the Pacific Ocean. The Trident II