In addition to the human costs of accidents, maintenance errors impose a significant financial burden on airlines, as they are a major cause of flight delays and cancellations (Marx & Graebel; 1994). (Hobbs & Williamson, 2003) Figure 1: Headed for an Incursion? A runway incursion is "Any occurrence at an aerodrome involving the incorrect presence of an aircraft, vehicle or person on the protected area of a surface designated for the landing and take off of aircraft
Such a technological leap no longer seems out of reach. Many analysts and futurists argue passionately that UAV is the next, logical phase in aeronautics (Eng, n
S. military and aeronautical manufacturers, want to change this to allow flights on the same day a flight plan is filed -- just as with traditional aircraft (Graham-Rowe, 2003)
The technology to make these aircraft possible has moved out of the realm of science fiction and into the world of science fact in order to create aircraft unburdened by human considerations, that are cheaper to build, and that are easier to maintain. Recent tests by the Royal Air Force saw the successful remote control of a retrofitted passenger jet by an RAF pilot (Marks, 2006; UK Ministry of Defence, 2007)
Their Aerospace business develops missionized integrated systems and subsystems for battlespace awareness, command and control systems, integrated combat systems, and airborne ground surveillance. It also develops and integrates spacecraft systems and subsystems, electronic and communications payloads, intercontinental ballistic missile systems, and high energy laser systems and subsystems in the areas of space, defense, and electronics technology (Northrop Grumman Corporation (NOC), 2009)
It does business in six different segments: Integrated Defense Systems (IDS), Intelligence and Information Systems (IIS), Missile Systems (MS), Network Centric Systems (NCS), Space and Airborne Systems (SAS), and Technical Services (TS). The IDS segment provides ballistic missile defense, including space, air, surface, and subsurface; naval; and maritime and homeland security solutions (Raytheon Co. (RTN), 2009)
government has signed a development agreement with the United Kingdom, Italy, the Neverlands and seven other nations. The 12-year program to develop Lockheed Martin's F-35 Lightening II reached the half way point in 2007 (Reynolds, 2008)
com/craft/apolocsm.htm Missions National Space Craft program Proposal Rocket and Satellite research panel proposed a non-military space mission to accomplish among others an unmanned space instrument non-lunar landing, manned circumnavigation of the moon with a return to earth and an establishment of a lunar base (Fuji crystal, 2010)
It was manufactured in North America by NASA and used successfully to fly crew to the sky lab space station which was jointly operated between American and Russian personnel. Block II CSM's were the only versions to fly unmanned (Wade, 2008) The production of the Apollo Space craft was however characterized by development of different blocks to suit major safety concerns