November 3, 2003

November 3, 2003

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WORLD NEWS & ANALYSIS

Running in Place

By ANTHONY L. VELOCCI7 min

WORLD NEWS & ANALYSIS

In the Fight, But What a Fight

By MICHAEL A. DORNHEIM,WILLIAM B. SCOTT,MICHAEL MECHAM6 min

WORLD NEWS & ANALYSIS

Solidifying Safety

By CRAIG COVAULT5 min

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Running in Place

New study finds European industry's costs of doing business are still too high, and companies are too short-sighted

By ANTHONY L. VELOCCI7 min

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In the Fight, But What a Fight

Firefighting aircraft rush to Southern California but are overwhelmed in opening days. Fire closes approach control.

By MICHAEL A. DORNHEIM,WILLIAM B. SCOTT,MICHAEL MECHAM6 min

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Solidifying Safety

NASA’s new safety organization spools up, as the ISS program grapples with long-term risk

By CRAIG COVAULT5 min

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Earth to Orbit

O’Keefe telling skeptical lawmakers OSP will cover exploration ‘vision’

By FRANK MORRING5 min

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Terror Vs. Intelligence

Surveillance isn’t widespread enough or intelligence analyses fast enough, so far, to prevent attacks in Iraq and Afghanistan

By DAVID A. FULGHUM5 min

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High-Velocity Verdicts

Critical decision points loom for U.S. and European hypersonic-propulsion efforts

By DOUGLAS BARRIE3 min

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Fires Close Tracon

LOS ANGELES Hundreds of flights were canceled and roughly 1,000 delayed by the closure of the Southern California terminal radar approach control (SoCal Tracon) owing to wildfires last week. The Tracon is the world’s busiest air traffic facility, serving more than 2.1 million flights per year, and the FAA was able to transfer its functions to the Los Angeles en route control center and resume operations in 2 hr. without any operational errors or incidents.

By MICHAEL A. DORNHEIM3 min

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Defense Holds

SAN FRANCISCO Boeing has reported “strong overall performance" for its third quarter, although revenues and earnings are both down from a year ago, its commercial aircraft business continues to be weak and it’s likely to stay that way until 2005. The strength of its performance came from the Integrated Defense Systems unit, which saw revenues climb 12% to $7.3 billion, up from $6.5 billion in the third quarter of 2002.

By MICHAEL MECHAM3 min

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Rand: 'Help Needed'

Competition in military aircraft development imperiled without new projects by 2010

By DAVID A. FULGHUM3 min

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Costs Mount . . .

WASHINGTON While the Pentagon is struggling to quantify “success" against global terrorism and in the fighting in Iraq, Army officials argue they are gaining ground on the tactical level because they are killing more terrorists-a trend that's driving up the cost of organizing such attacks and forcing their participants to strike from greater distances.

By DAVID A. FULGHUM2 min

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