November 8, 2004

November 8, 2004

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WORLD NEWS & ANALYSIS

NEW ENERGY DIRECTION

By DAVID A. FULGHUM6 min

World News & Analysis

Is Bigger Better?

By MICHAEL A. TAVERNA,PIERRE SPARACO5 min

World News & Analysis

Trial by Fire

By ROBERT WALL4 min

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NEW ENERGY DIRECTION

Army planners embrace unmanned helicopters and electronic attack as a next-generation offensive against elusive foes takes shape

By DAVID A. FULGHUM6 min

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Is Bigger Better?

Snecma-Sagem merger aims to create propulsion, systems and electronics giant

By MICHAEL A. TAVERNA,PIERRE SPARACO5 min

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Trial by Fire

Vulnerability assessment expands beyond surface-to-air missile threat

By ROBERT WALL4 min

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Quick Draw

NASA spacecraft to target gamma ray bursts, catching post-burst 'afterglow’ in seconds

By FRANK MORRING4 min

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Brain Strain

U.S. intel being stretched by demands of high-tech terrorist war that spans continents

By DAVID A. FULGHUM3 min

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Italian Expansion

U.S. All9 Koala assembly bolsters Finmeccanica’s growth strategy here

By ROBERT WALL2 min

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Biometric Growth

PARIS TOULOUSE Wide-ranging applications of security systems are playing a key role in Sagem’s strategy. For example, it is developing a gate-to-gate airport security system and, with Airbus, considering embedded biometrics. Sagem’s heavy research and development investment is tied to the company’s primary goal of further strengthening its leadership in security-related markets.

By PIERRE SPARACO1 min

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CHINESE DEFENSE

Great Leap Forward ... In Small Steps

China’s air force is beginning to turn around years of neglect and decay

By DOUGLAS BARRIE8 min

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Contrails

Contrails

At dawn on a December day in 1965, the USS Independence, the first Atlantic Fleet aircraft carrier to see combat in Vietnam, was steaming homeward off the U.S. East Coast. The aircraft of Air Wing Seven were poised for a mass “fly off,” its aviators anxious to launch.

By ROBERT F. KLOTZ8 min

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WORLD NEWS ROUNDUP

WORLD NEWS ROUNDUP

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