January 24, 2005

January 24, 2005

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WORLD NEWS & ANALYSIS

Rover Territory

By FRANK MORRING,MICHAEL A. TAVERNA,MICHAEL A. DORNHEIM10 min

WORLD NEWS & ANALYSIS

Proof of Concept

By PIERRE SPARACO,ROBERT WALL7 min

WORLD NEWS & ANALYSIS

Style Change

By DAVID A. FULGHUM,ROBERT WALL4 min

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Rover Territory

Discovery of Earthlike terrain on Titan by Europe’s Huygens probe seen as boost for exploration

By FRANK MORRING,MICHAEL A. TAVERNA,MICHAEL A. DORNHEIM10 min

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Proof of Concept

The unveiling was auspicious, but time will tell if the ‘pride of Europe,’ Airbus’ A380, will live up to the manufacturer’s huge ambitions

By PIERRE SPARACO,ROBERT WALL7 min

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Style Change

Senior Pentagon civilians pursue own agenda in defense review

By DAVID A. FULGHUM,ROBERT WALL4 min

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Fire Sale

Rome seeks to offset shortfall in procurement with asset auction

By ANDY NATIVI4 min

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A Lighter Contender

Moscow revisits its future fighter mix as bantamweight option makes a comeback

By ALEXEY KOMAROV,DOUGLAS BARRIE4 min

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Alternate Routes

Path to support commercial aerospace could shift as Europe, U.S. face off over funding

By DOUGLAS BARRIE,MICHAEL A. TAVERNA4 min

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Space Pact

Europe and Russia ink launcher accord, but industry and agencies disagree on impact

By MICHAEL A. TAVERNA,ALEXEY KOMAROV3 min

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Impact Assessment

Pilatus PC-21 crash and grounding may force delays in production plans

By ROBERT WALL2 min

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Maritime Resolution

Turkey opts for Alenia ATR 72 to fulfill maritime patrol/ASW needs

By ANDY NATIVI2 min

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Cost Control

TOKYO Plans by the Japanese Defense Agency to increase the pace of aircraft acquisitions in fiscal 2005 have been turned aside, which means the three military services will buy only three-quarters as many airplanes as they wanted. The new fiscal year, which begins Apr. 1, will see $47.35 billion in defense spending, a dip of 1% from the previous year but still second worldwide only to the U.S.

By EIICHIRO SEKIGAWA2 min

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