aircraft missile project
1Project Nike — Nike missile family on display at Redstone Arsenal, Alabama. From left, MIM 14 Nike Hercules, MIM 23 Hawk (front), MGM 29 Sergeant (back), LIM 49 Spartan, MGM 31 Pershing, MGM 18 Lacrosse, MIM 3 Nike Ajax. Project Nike was a U.S. Army project,… …
2Aircraft carrier — From bottom to top: Principe de Asturias, amphibious assault ship USS Wasp, USS Forrestal and light V/STOL carrier HMS Invincible, showing size differences of late 20th century carriers An aircraft …
3Project for the New American Century — Formation 1997 Extinction 2006 Type Public policy think tank …
4Project CHLOE — is a research and development program of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to explore technology based unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) mounted defenses for airports and airliners against the threat of infrared man portable anti aircraft… …
5Project Mercury — Duration 1959 1963 Goal Place Americans into orbit for as long as one day Achievements First manned flight: May 5, 1961 First orbital flight …
6Project Pluto — was a United States government program to develop nuclear powered ramjet engines for use in cruise missiles. Two experimental engines were tested at the United States Department of Energy Nevada Test Site in 1961 and 1964.HistoryOn January 1 1957 …
7Project Sign — was an official U.S. government study of unidentified flying objects (UFOs) undertaken by the United States Air Force in late 1947 and dissolved in late 1948. Formally, Project Sign came to no conclusion about UFOs [see Blum, Howard, Out There:… …
8Project Blue Book — was one of a series of systematic studies of Unidentified flying objects (UFOs) conducted by the United States Air Force (U.S.A.F.). Started in 1952, it was the second revival of such a study. A termination order was given for the study in… …
9Project Vanguard — was a program managed by the United States Naval Research Laboratory (NRL), which intended to launch the first artificial satellite into Earth orbit using a Vanguard rocket as the launch vehicle.In response to the surprise launch of Sputnik 1 on… …
10Project On Government Oversight — Infobox Website name = [http://www.pogo.org/ Pogo.org] url = http://www.pogo.org type = Nonprofit Government Watchdog author = Dina Rasor owner = 501(c)(3) Non Profit OrganizationThe Project On Government Oversight (POGO), founded in 1981 by Dina …
