President George W. Bush and Russian President Vladimir Putin sign the Strategic Offensive Reductions Treaty (SORT), known as the Moscow Treaty that will reduce strategic nuclear weapons by about two-thirds to between 1,700 and 2,200 warheads by Dec. 31, 2012. (The treaty entered into force June 1, 2003.)
Lockheed Martin’s proposed autonomous drone, called Vectis, is still on track to fly a prototype by the end of 2027, an official from the company’s Skunk Works division said Sept. 10, and the firm already started work on four more Vectis aircraft.
