Top Pentagon Contractors Unnamed

Top Pentagon Contractors Unnamed: "Unnamed contractors placed 14th on the DoD's list of top contractors; $2.7 billion was paid to 'not available' companies."

(Via Aerospace Daily & Defense Report on AviationWeek.com.)

Robot drones change deadly face of warfare

Robot drones change deadly face of warfare: "Maj. Morgan Andrews, a U.S. Air Force fighter pilot, kisses his wife goodbye and drives to a tiny desert base in Nevada. Within minutes he could be killing insurgents on the other side of the world. Andrews pilots one of the military's 7,000-plus remote-controlled drones, which can spy on and attack positions without risk to the controller.

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(Via CNN.com.)

Senate rejects additional F-22 funding

Senate rejects additional F-22 funding: "The Senate voted Tuesday to block expansion of one of the country's most controversial and expensive defense programs, the F-22 fighter jet program. The vote gave the White House and Pentagon a key victory over congressional supporters of the F-22, many of whom represent states and districts where jobs are tied to the production of the jet.

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(Via CNN.com.)

Jets blown to bits to test bomb security

Jets blown to bits to test bomb security: "In Atlantic City, New Jersey, a bomb maker pieces together an improvised explosive device that looks like an innocuous stack of DVDs. But this bomb maker isn't a terrorist. He is a U.S. government employee trying to beat terrorists at their own game.

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(Via CNN.com.)

Mystery Object Impacts Jupiter

CNN) -- Jupiter is sporting a new scar after a mystery object hit the gaseous planet this week, NASA scientists say.


This NASA image shows a large impact near Jupiter's southern pole.
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An amateur astronomer in Australia noticed the new mark on the planet Sunday and tipped off scientists at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) in Pasadena, California, who then confirmed it was the result of a new impact, NASA said.

It's not clear what the object was that crashed into Jupiter's poisonous atmosphere.

Glenn Orton, a JPL scientist, told the magazine New Scientist that it could have been a block of ice from somewhere in Jupiter's neighborhood, or a wandering comet that was too faint for astronomers to have detected before impact.

"We were extremely lucky to be seeing Jupiter at exactly the right time, the right hour, the right side of Jupiter to witness the event. We couldn't have planned it better," Orton said in a NASA interview.

Scientists also don't know how large the object was, but the impact scar it created is about the same size as Earth, JPL astronomer Leigh Fletcher told the magazine.


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