April 14, 2003

April 14, 2003

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WORLD NEWS & ANALYSIS

Navy Design Unveiled

By DAVID A. FULGHUM4 min

WORLD NEWS & ANALYSIS

Architecture Rules

By WILLIAM B. SCOTT3 min

WAR IN IRAQ

Cobras In Urban Combat

By ROBERT WALL9 min

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WORLD NEWS & ANALYSIS

Navy Design Unveiled

Northrop Grumman offers peek at what it intends to demonstrate in a proposed unmanned combat aircraft competition

By DAVID A. FULGHUM4 min

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WORLD NEWS & ANALYSIS

Architecture Rules

Plug-and-play architectures will trump platforms, to ensure interoperability

By WILLIAM B. SCOTT3 min

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WAR IN IRAQ

Cobras In Urban Combat

Adopting stand-off ranges and the use of precision weaponry are some of the innovations being applied in the battle for Baghdad

By ROBERT WALL9 min

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THE SHUTTLE LOSS

Connecting the Dots

Accident Board will issue first interim recommendations as NASA pushes to resume lSS support flights as quickly as safely possible

By FRANK MORRING7 min

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MAINTENANCE REPAIR & OVERHAUL

MRO in Transition

Major operators in the maintenance, repair and overhaul business are interested in playing an expanded role in helping airlines manage their assets

By EDWARD H. PHILLIPS7 min

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WAR IN IRAQ

Lessons Emerge

Interdiction-heavy Marine air operations clear opposition for ground force

By ROBERT WALL7 min

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AIR TRANSPORT

Lessons From Swissair Crash

Rare occurrence of an inflight fire leads to setting a higher materials flammability standard

By FRANCES FIORINO6 min

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WAR IN IRAQ

B-1 Strike on Saddam

Acting on intelligence from Baghdad, the U.S. made another attempt to kill Iraq’s leadership

By DAVID A. FULGHUM5 min

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WAR IN IRAQ

Tanker Puzzle

Aggressive tactics, shrinking tanker force challenge both planners and aircrews

By DAVID A. FULGHUM5 min

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WAR IN IRAQ

Woes Encumber Helo Ops

Old engines plus sand equal big maintenance headaches for the Marine Corps in Iraq with hot weather to add more problems

By ROBERT WALL5 min

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