March 17, 2003

March 17, 2003

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WORLD NEWS & ANALYSIS

EADS Space Staff Pared Again

By MICHAEL A. TAVERNA4 min

WORLD NEWS & ANALYSIS

It's the Big One

By DAVID A. FULGHUM4 min

WORLD NEWS & ANALYSIS

Going After the Government

By FRANK MORRING3 min

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WORLD NEWS & ANALYSIS

EADS Space Staff Pared Again

European company to eliminate 1,700 jobs, on top of the 1,600 cuts announced last year

By MICHAEL A. TAVERNA4 min

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WORLD NEWS & ANALYSIS

It's the Big One

USAF has exploded what may be the largest precision-guided weapon in history during a Florida test

By DAVID A. FULGHUM4 min

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WORLD NEWS & ANALYSIS

Going After the Government

PanAmSat opens a new unit to market its satellite services to U.S. agencies in anticipation of new business from war in Iraq

By FRANK MORRING3 min

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WORLD NEWS & ANALYSIS

Infantry Win Boosts Thales In U.K.

PARIS Thales has been tapped to provide Britain’s next-generation integrated infantry system, further cementing its place in the U.K. defense community and boosting prospects for increased growth in its flourishing defense electronics business.

By MICHAEL A. TAVERNA2 min

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WORLD NEWS & ANALYSIS

Early Warning Sats Set

PARIS France will build an experimental early warning satellite system as a prelude to an expanded missile defense system capable of protecting European territory and population, not just battlefield forces, from attacks by rogue states.
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THE SHUTTLE LOSS

Critical Columbia Tests

Accident board refines failure scenarios as hardware from the first orbiter Enterprise is called upon to aid probe

By CRAIG COVAULT12 min

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AIR TRANSPORT

Desert Bird-watching

Residual value of many used commercial aircraft models in long-term storage hits ‘rock bottom’

By BRUCE A. SMITH8 min

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RUN-UP TO WAR

Going, Going ...Gone?

Converging political, market forces are jeopardizing a gravely weakened U.S. airline industry

By ANTHONY L. VELOCCI6 min

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RUN-UP TO WAR

Super Hornets At Sea

U.S. Navy’s new F/A-18Es are showing surprising reliability and added endurance

By ROBERT WALL6 min

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Contrails

Night Flight To Iraq

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