One resident of the house apparently had dreams of designing a new high-technology fighter jet.
The Japanese government has already approved selling gyroscopes to be used in the US-produced Patriot interceptor missiles, and has launched a research programme with Britain on air-to-air missile technology for fighter jets.
New technologies for fighter aircrafts are being developed continuously.
It would take advantage of the new technologies in fighter design on the horizon including composite materials, lightweight alloys, advanced flight-control systems, more powerful propulsion systems and stealth technology.
As criminals adopt new technologies, crime-fighters must follow suit, devising new ways to gather and analyse evidence.
By war's end, piston-engined fighter technology had reached its peak in later versions of the Fw 190, powered by in-line Jumo engines by Junkers, and in the Hawker Tempest, powered by the massive 2,200-horsepower 2,200-horsepowerline Napier Sabre.
HEADS-UP technology, which lets fighter pilots check instruments without taking their eyes off targets, began making its way into cars more than a decade ago, with the speedometer and other readouts projected onto the windshield in the driver's line of vision.
Some of his senior commanders had urged replacing the Canberra with Avro Vulcan heavy bombers, but McCauley did not pursue this option, preferring to concentrate in the short term on new fighter technology.
Brazil is close to signing an arms deal with France, which has agreed to pass on jet-fighter technology.
After decades of effort, some analysts believe, China is finally beginning to use its own turbofan engines, an essential technology for advanced fighters.
A recent House of Commons report urged the government to find an alternative to JSF if it did not receive proper assurances from America on the strike-fighter technology by the end of December.
