Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld announces that President George W. Bush has given authority to certain military commanders to order the destruction of hijacked civilian airliners.
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.
