December 12, 2005

December 12, 2005

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WORLD NEWS & ANALYSIS

Landmark Deal

By ROBERT WALL7 min

WORLD NEWS & ANALYSIS

Supply and Demand

By JOSEPH C. ANSELMO,ANTHONY L. VELOCCI,ROBERT WALL6 min

WORLD NEWS & ANALYSIS

Talking Radars

By DAVID A. FULGHUM6 min

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Landmark Deal

With huge Chinese narrow-body order, Airbus mulls further A320 production boost

By ROBERT WALL7 min

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Supply and Demand

Can suppliers keep up with soaring aircraft production? Memories of last upturn’s supply chain meltdown loom large

By JOSEPH C. ANSELMO,ANTHONY L. VELOCCI,ROBERT WALL6 min

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Talking Radars

Northrop Grumman, L-3 turn advanced radar on stealth aircraft into high-rate, wide-bandwidth data link for real-time combat

By DAVID A. FULGHUM6 min

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East-west Whirlybird

Chinese ink deals with Eurocopter, Safran and Alcatel Alenia Space

By MICHAEL A. TAVERNA5 min

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Full Speed Ahead

ESA ministers back new space road map, hoping it will elicit stronger EU support

By MICHAEL A. TAVERNA4 min

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Spending Malaise

Malayasia chops and changes requirements to ameliorate the worst funding shortfalls

By ANDY NATIVI4 min

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Closing the Loophole

Buy-European procurement policy provides boost for Vega, Soyuz programs

By MICHAEL A. TAVERNA2 min

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Intel Disconnect

Inquiry into RAF Hercules loss in Iraq identifies shortfalls in dissemination process

By DOUGLAS BARRIE2 min

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Second Look

Doubts creep in about whether Hayabusa collected its samples

By KAZUKI SHIIBASHI2 min

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Green Light for Galileo

BERLIN The way is finally cleared for full-scale development of the Galileo satellite navigation system, and the conclusion of negotiations for the concession to deploy and operate it. Last week, the program’s main backers agreed on the location of the ground facilities that will serve to manage, operate and maintain the system, as well as the final makeup of the concession bid team.

By MICHAEL A. TAVERNA2 min

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