(photo courtesy of NMUSAF)   Construction of new Air Force Museum building could start in 2012 BY: JOHN NOLAN , DAYTON DAILY NEWS 10/04/2010   WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE — Construction of a building to house the spacecraft collection and former presidential aircraft at the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force could start in 2012 if fundraising stays on track, museum officials said Monday.   That 200,000-square-foot building would house a retired space shuttle, if the Air Force muse

Ukraine's Antonov aircraft producer to compete for multi-billion U.S. tanker tender RIA Novosti. Grigoriy Sisoev -- 04/10/2010   Ukraine's state-run Antonov aircraft producer will compete with U.S. aerospace giant Boeing and Europe's EADS in a multi-billion tender to supply almost 180 airborne refueling tankers to the United States Air Force (USAF), Antonov's President and General Designer Dmitry Kiva said on Monday. "We have not managed to officially register our participation, but the

Global Strike command reaches full operational capability   Defence Talk -- By Air Force News Agency on October 4, 2010   BARKSDALE AIR FORCE BASE, La.: Officials declared Air Force Global Strike Command to be at full operational capability Sept. 30, on schedule, and less than 14 months after its initial activation as a command.   To reach that milestone, the command accomplished more than 700 action items identified by the secretary and chief of staff of the Air Force in 2009, when the

Stuxnet in China   The Diplomat -- October 4, 2010   A computer worm that has been dubbed by some analysts the world’s first cyber super weapon has reportedly made its way to China.   Stuxnet, which was first discovered in June this year and is reportedly the first worm known to have been used to target critical infrastructure, is said to have already infected millions of personal computers in China.   The worm gained worldwide notoriety last month when international media began re

Saab Receives Order for an Airborne Surveillance System   Defence Talk -- By Saab on October 5, 2010   Defence and security company Saab has received an order for an airborne surveillance system. The contract amounts to more than 4.5 billion SEK.   The order concerns delivery of the Saab 2000 AEW&C (Airborne Early Warning & Control) system, which comprises of a Saab 2000 aircraft equipped with the advanced Erieye radar system. The contract also includes ground equipment as well

PC Magazine Article   By: Mark Hachman   The results of a successful 2008 class-action suit against Nvidia for faulty graphics chips are now being made available to consumers, although the compensation will vary dramatically.   The suit, filed in Sept. 2008, covers a defect Nvidia discovered in the packaging material of several notebook GPUs built in 2007 and 2008.   While the suit applies to dozens of notebooks computers from several manufacturers (see graphic) the compensation those