Just so everyone knows, there's an awesome graphical update mod which you can see and download at
http://www.moddb.com/mods/ftl-remastered

The mod is WIP but you can download a version containing weapons and icons.

Juicy screenshot for encouragement:
http://media.moddb.com/images/mods/1/24/23748/Kestrel.2.png

This looks awesome. Thank you for bringing it to my attention.

+1 Thanks for the heads-up.