May 5, 2003

May 5, 2003

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COVER STORY

Etops Extender

By STANLEY W. KANDEBO/NEW YORK6 min

WORLD NEWS & ANALYSIS

Saving Space

By MICHAEL A. TAVERNA5 min

WORLD NEWS & ANALYSIS

Russia To The Rescue

By CRAIG COVAULT4 min

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COVER STORY

Etops Extender

GE and Boeing are on a mission to eradicate the term ‘unscheduled maintenance event’ from the lexicon. Improving engine/aircraft durability would save airlines money and, coincidentally, help the manufacturers meet new ETOPS rules as they emerge.

By STANLEY W. KANDEBO/NEW YORK6 min

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Saving Space

Agencies, launch firm Arianespace and industry have agreed on an agenda to resolve problems afflicting the Ariane 5 launcher and other aspects of Europe’s space program. Now all that’s missing is the money to do it.

By MICHAEL A. TAVERNA5 min

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Russia To The Rescue

Constrained ISS operations begin with smaller crew to bridge shuttle resupply shortfall

By CRAIG COVAULT4 min

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Typhoon Warning

British defense review could result in fighter numbers being cut

By DOUGLAS BARRIE4 min

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Boeing Redesigns X-45

At the orders of Darpa, the unmanned X-45C strike aircraft will offer increased size, range and payload

By DAVID A. FULGHUM3 min

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WORLD NEWS & ANALYSIS

Wooing Alcatel

Government pressure pushes European satellite manufacturers to merge

By MICHAEL A. TAVERNA3 min

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WORLD NEWS & ANALYSIS

Northrop Scores

No. 2 U.S. defense contractor tops latest round of first-quarter financial results

By ANTHONY L. VELOCCI3 min

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Improving Icbms

WASHINGTON U.S. Air Force Space Command is proposing to field a small inventory of special-purpose Minuteman IIIs while starting development of a long-term replacement of the intercontinental ballistic missile force. Although still only a concept, the so-called Minuteman III Elite initiative would take some of the 500 Minuteman IIIs in USAF inventory and tweak them for enhanced capabilities, said an Air Force official who asked not to be named.

By ROBERT WALL2 min

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On Thinner Ice

WAHINGTON Failure of a second attitude measurement gyroscope on the Hubble Space Telescope last week makes continued science operations a little dicier, since the sole remaining spare on board has an electronics flaw, and a planned servicing mission is on hold while the shuttle fleet is grounded.

By FRANK MORRING,2 min

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AIR TRANSPORT

Industry's Strongest Suffer

Asia has been the bright spot among world airlines, but it didn’t take SARS long to lay them low

By MICHAEL MECHAM,WILLIAM DENNIS7 min

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