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The article reports on the move of Singer Co. to expand its aerospace and high-technology businesses in the U.S. Singer's chairman and chief executive officer (CEO) Joseph B. stresses that he wanted the company to become an electronic conglomerate. Moreover, it mentions that the aerospace operations can promote the company's growth and improve its balance sheet.

The author offers ideas on developing technologies for human missions to Mars. He provides information on the plan of the U.S. government for human exploration missions to Mars. He explores the efforts of the government to revolutionize aerospace technologies while reducing costs. He also explains the strategies established for exploratory missions.

The article discusses the U.S. Aeronautics and Space Administration's development of its space launch system (SLS), focusing on the project's shift into the testing phase. Topics include the program's aim to develop a new type of manned deep-space exploration, the construction of ground infrastructure at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida, and tests of components such as structural and flight hardware, avionics, and engines.

The article reports that the U.S. Federal Bureau Investigation (FBI), together with other U.S. counter-espionage and weapons-proliferation enforcement agencies, is investigating several managers and engineers who allegedly involved with aerospace technology transfer and weapons proliferation with Iran and China. Some charges were directly related to benefiting China's surging space program and Iran's ballistic missile buildup. Physicist Shu Quan-Sheng was one of the people who were arrested.

The article offers information on the budget request of the U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA). Its fiscal 2010 budget has increased to almost $3.25 million in order to bring several aerospace systems, including rocket-deployed and ultra-endurance unmanned aircraft and airships, toward flight demonstrations. The budget request for advanced aerospace systems has been increased from $87.6 million in 2009 to $338 in 2010.

The article reports on the addition of aerospace technology company Quickstep Holdings to the magazine portfolio of "Money" as it awaits the confirmation of a major supply agreement with the Joint Strike Fighter project of the U.S. in March 2010. According to the author, the magazine-only portfolio is based more on longer-term holdings in growth stocks, which is different from the web site portfolio. He adds that the Australian company Quickstep has graduated to the magazine portfolio after a successful run on the web site portfolio.

In this article, the author discusses aims and objective of the journal along with needs of aerospace professionals and educators of the U.S. He informs that in the era of budgets cuts and recession in the economy of the U.S., innovation and creativity is needed for the progress of aerospace industry. He mentions the aim of the journal which should includes aerospace priorities and strategies.

The article discusses the developments in hypersonic technologies and aerospace plane as of December 2009. Several technologies have been developed under the U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA)/U.S. Air Force Falcon hypersonic technology vehicle (HTV-2) program including aerodynamic shaping, thermal management techniques, and high-temperature materials. A contract to flight test a hypersonic experimental vehicle was signed by Rosoboronexport with Matra BAE Dynamics Alenia (MBDA).

The article discusses several issues related to the aerospace industry as of December 2009, focusing on space systems. The Aprizesat-3 and Aprizesat-4 microsatellites were launched by SpaceQuest in Fairfax, Virginia in July while the RapidEye constellation was launched by Surrey Satellite Technology in August. The completion by Armadillo Aerospace of its SCORPIUS vehicle flight tests is also noted.

The article discusses several issues related to energetic components and systems of the aerospace industry as of December 2009. Hi-Shear Technology has been acquired by Chemring Group. The Orbiting Carbon Observatory of the U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) crashed due to the failure of its fairing to separate and release its payload. Successes enjoyed by the Joint Strike Fighter throughout 2009 are also mentioned.

The article looks at several developments in applied aerodynamics in 2009. Active wing technologies are being developed by the European Smart Fixed Wing Aircraft Integrated Technology Demonstrator. The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) common research model is the concentration of the Fourth Drag Prediction Workshop. The collaboration of NASA with Georgia Tech Research Institute is aimed at conducting two-dimensional (2D) circulation control experiments.

The article focuses on several activities transpiring in the aerospace industry in the U.S. in 2009 concerning guidance, navigation, and control. A damage-tolerant flight control system was tested by Rockwell Collins for the Joint Unmanned Combat Aircraft Systems program of the U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA). An Excalibur unmanned combat aircraft was demonstrated by Aurora Flight Sciences to test its vertical takeoff, hover, and landing capabilities.

The article focuses on the benefit derived from the flight of Charles Lindbergh, an American aviator, in 1927 in the U.S. The flight of Lindbergh has lead to the to the development of television signals and other communications with the use of orbiting satellites. Technological developments in aerospace is one of the changes that has been implemented after the flights of Lindbergh.

The article discusses the concept of lean energy management in the ultradeepwater oil and gas industry. The strategy is an outgrowth of the integrated definition (IDEF) modeling pioneered by the U.S. Air Force in the aerospace manufacture processes and tools. An example of the IDEF models is provided. The National Bureau of Standards maintained the IDEFD methods through the Knowledge Based Systems.