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 We live in interesting times.  And it's unfortunate but the military play an important part in it.  Military and defense operations have been responsible for many innovations however that we take for granted in our lives.  Indeed the success of our military almost relies upon their being ahead of the game which drives them to constantly innovate.

China’s space effort undergoing a sea change

Clipped to the Drawing Board by Peter Wu  

For its first week in space, China's lunar orbiter circled Earth in elongated orbits with ever-increasing high points. Engineers looked on, as like a child in a swing pumping both legs to fly higher, the Chang'e spacecraft repeatedly fired its small thrusters to test its steering before the big jump all the way to the moon.


 

Wednesday 7 November, 2007 10:08 AM
 

Robots on the warpath

Clipped to the Drawing Board by Sean  

There was an article on these pages a few days ago detailing this event - it's now been and gone and more detail is in the attached  - so double click .....

The contest run by a US defence agency to engineer driverless vehicles that can operate in urban battle zones has not gone entirely to plan

 

Wednesday 7 November, 2007 04:04 AM
 

UPDATE 1-US Navy kills a General Dynamics shore-hugging ship

Clipped to the Drawing Board by Administrator  

WASHINGTON, Nov 1 (Reuters) - The U.S. Navy on Thursday canceled another ship in a new class of shore-hugging vessels, saying it could not agree on a modified contract with General Dynamics Corp (GD.N: Quote, Profile, Research) after big cost overruns on its initial ship.

Wednesday 7 November, 2007 12:00 AM
 

Carnegie Mellon University Selects Quantum3D, IData Equipment for Marine Gladiator Unmanned Ground V

Clipped to the Drawing Board by Tony Elmasri  

 The Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) National Robotics Engineering Center selected the Quantum3D Thermite Tactical Visual Computer (TVC) and IData Human-Machine Interface (HMI) software tool suite for the U.S. Marine Corps (USMC) Gladiator Tactical Unmanned Ground Vehicle (TUGV) Operator Control Unit (OCU).

 

Tuesday 6 November, 2007 02:01 PM
 

China to increase nuclear power capacity

Clipped to the Drawing Board by Yan Chu  

 The nuclear industry ratchets up another notch as engineers gear up for expansion -

BEIJING - The State Council has officially approved a plan to expand nuclear power generation capacity by 23 million kilowatts by from 2005 to 2020, according to the National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC)
Monday 5 November, 2007 10:02 PM
 

NASA: Spacewalk will have 'higher risk than usual'

Clipped to the Drawing Board by Ali Hamoud  

 Astronaut Scott Parazynski, one of NASA's most experienced spacewalkers, will face grave risks and nerve-wracking challenges Saturday when he is scheduled to fix a damaged solar panel on the International Space Station.

But Astronaut fixes torn solar panel as engineers look on

 

Sunday 4 November, 2007 06:01 PM
 

Hydrogen test for spy plane

Clipped to the Drawing Board by Rose Shah  

 Ww would like to tell you more - but because it is a spy plane - we are sworn to secrecy - the walls have ears - loose lips sink ships - you know the rest of the jargon --

Boeing has successfully tested the hydrogen propulsion system of its High Altitude Long Endurance (HALE) unmanned spy aircraft using an engine developed by Ford.

 

Sunday 4 November, 2007 10:04 AM
 

Future Mars aircraft inspires spy plane

Clipped to the Drawing Board by Ali Hamoud  

 U.S. engineers have long wanted to fold up an airplane inside a rocket and send it on a mission to cruise through the atmosphere of Mars. They now have a new potential customer for the concept: the Pentagon's Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency.

 

Saturday 3 November, 2007 10:02 PM
 

China Insists There's No Asia Space Race

Clipped to the Drawing Board by Peter Wu  

 Space engineers will need to keep pushing the envelope as the presure mounts to be the first - national pride is an  important factor - so fly me to the moon and let me wish upon a star ----- ---

 BEIJING (AP) - Over a few short months, Japan, China, and India will all have lunar probes orbiting the moon, sparking talk of a new space race in Asia .

Saturday 3 November, 2007 08:04 PM
 

Reaching for the stars and planets

Clipped to the Drawing Board by Susan Decker  

 

Scientists from Queen's University in Belfast have found three new planets orbiting their own stars.

These three giant planets that sizzle as they circle their suns have been discovered in a faraway corner of the galaxy .
Friday 2 November, 2007 06:04 PM
 

British Army tests 'invisible' tank, ala James Bond style

Clipped to the Drawing Board by Tony Elmasri  

 I know nothing, I see nothing - somethings you are better not knowing -

Quite reminding you of Q or David Copperfield, the Ministry of Defense has unveiled a new engineering  technology that can make tanks invisible .

 

Friday 2 November, 2007 10:03 AM
 

Station Panel Tears, Adding Challenge for Shuttle Crew

Clipped to the Drawing Board by Tony Elmasri  

 We have got great confidence in the engineering expertise - just another challenge to overcome

A solar panel on the International Space Station tore yesterday as the array was unfurled, presenting a new challenge for a space shuttle mission that has already had more than its share.

 

Thursday 1 November, 2007 12:05 PM
 

NASA unveils the Chariot "lunar truck"

Clipped to the Drawing Board by Administrator  
NASA sure loves the wacky vehicles , and the agency is mighty proud of its latest effort, the Chariot lunar truck
Thursday 1 November, 2007 10:22 AM
 

New carrier rocket series to be built

Clipped to the Drawing Board by Yan Chu  

Engineers have been given the go ahead to start developing the next stage - 

A week after the launch of the first lunar orbiter , the government Tuesday announced the building of a new family of rocket launchers and a launch center.

Thursday 1 November, 2007 09:07 AM
 

USAF attempts to revive CSAR-X contest upset Boeing

Clipped to the Drawing Board by jackson Browne  

 Military engineers are analyzing the ramifications of the latest

Controversy which has quickly followed the US Air Force's latest attempt to revive a competition to buy 141 combat search and rescue helicopters.

 

Wednesday 31 October, 2007 10:00 PM
 

Robotic Arm Ballet: Astronauts Move Massive Truss, Take Time Off

Clipped to the Drawing Board by jackson Browne  

Space engineers make it all look so easy - 

Astronauts aboard NASA's shuttle Discovery will take a few hours off Monday after some delicate robotic arm work to move a massive girder outside the International Space Station (ISS), while engineers on Earth study contamination in one of the orbital laboratory's solar array-turning joints.
Wednesday 31 October, 2007 02:02 AM
 

China's lunar probe in good conditions

Clipped to the Drawing Board by Yan Chu  

 All systems go,  go,  go for the space engineers .......a long history of success with rockets and fireworks 

BEIJING - All the systems of China's lunar probe Chang'e-1 are in good conditions with the high energy solar particle detector and the low energy ion detector functioning properly on Saturday, according to the moon probe team.

 

Tuesday 30 October, 2007 12:06 PM
 

NASA to Search Files on '65 UFO Incident

Clipped to the Drawing Board by Susan Decker  

 Maybe it was one of these new flying machines which every engineer is currently intent on developing - and then again..........

NASA has agreed to search its archives once again for documents on a 1965 UFO incident in Pennsylvania, a step the space agency fought in federal court. The government has refused to open its files about what, if anything, moved across the sky and crashed in the woods near Kecksburg, Pa., 40 miles southeast of Pittsburgh.

Tuesday 30 October, 2007 04:01 AM
 

Beijing's rocketing ambition

Clipped to the Drawing Board by Ali Hamoud  

 And how times have changed - The Chinese Engineers are a real presence in every venture they attempt - and the Space race is no exception

 China's former leader Mao Zedong once quipped that his country could not launch a potato into space - but times have changed.

Sunday 28 October, 2007 09:07 AM
 

New room added to space station

Clipped to the Drawing Board by Ali Hamoud  

 They make it look so easy - get the engineering right - up front - and its childs play

Two US astronauts from the shuttle Discovery have completed a space walk in which a new room was added to the International Space Station (ISS).

 

Sunday 28 October, 2007 07:15 AM
 

NASA's high-tech wildfire weapons

Clipped to the Drawing Board by Dillon Smatcher  

 All hands to the wheel when disaster strikes and this situation needs all hands - It's impossible to engineer a solution to mother natures ravages

 NASA's unmanned aerial vehicle Ikhana is a cousin of the Predator B, an Air Force tool used for wartime surveillance and reconnaissance missions, but this drone is on a more benevolent mission: assessing the damage from wildfires in Southern California.

Saturday 27 October, 2007 11:08 PM
 
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