LUTON AIRPORT, ENGLAND FLS Aerospace is focusing on restructuring and bolstering its European operations with the aim of establishing a profit by the final quarter of the year before seeking to expand its presence internationally.

WASHINGTON Delays in Joint Strike Fighter development and a sense in Congress that the program is technically not mature enough to move into its next phase have prompted defense committees to slash JSF funds as much as $170 million. Senate defense authorizers cut $170 million from JSF, while House appropriators suggest a $ 150-million cut.

WASHINGTON The U.S. Air Force has finally declassified a handful of images that show sample resolution of the U-2's ASARS-2 ground surveillance radar and revealed some of the reconnaissance systems other current and future capabilities.

LOS ANGELES Boeing plans to ship its X-40A demonstrator to NASA’s Dryden Flight Research Center this month for the planned start of unpowered approach and landing tests in August. The unpiloted X-40A—originally developed by Boeing as a precursor to the U.S. Air Force’s Space Maneuver Vehicle (SMV) program—is now serving as a pathfinder to evaluate systems for NASA’s X-37 vehicle in the approach and landing phase of its mission.