August 14, 2006

August 14, 2006

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WORLD NEWS & ANALYSIS

THE IRANIAN CONNECTION

By DAVID A. FULGHUM,DOUGLAS BARRIE

WORLD NEWS & ANALYSIS

Flight Hardware

By FRANK MORRING

WORLD NEWS & ANALYSIS

Super Move

By AMY BUTLER,DAVID A. FULGHUM

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THE IRANIAN CONNECTION

New operations, advanced weapons, Iranian advisers are influencing the course of Lebanon/Israel conflict

By DAVID A. FULGHUM,DOUGLAS BARRIE

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Flight Hardware

Early exploration-development testing gets underway as NASA races the clock

By FRANK MORRING

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Super Move

Boeing designs F-15E+ as an option to any slowdown in start of JSF production

By AMY BUTLER,DAVID A. FULGHUM

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Sharpening Harpoon

U.S. Navy waits to broaden missile program base until upgrade funding begins to flow

By DOUGLAS BARRIE,ROBERT WALL

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Steady Strategy

Backlogs bolster Israel’s defense suppliers; budget talks loom

By ROBERT WALL

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Arrivederci to Avio

Carlyle Group unloads stake in Italian firm; Finmeccanica evaluates its position

By ANDY NATIVI

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Curado Takes Over

FRANKFURT Embraer hopes its decision to elect Frederico Fleury Curado as its new president and CEO will ensure continuity and stability at the Brazilian aircraft manufacturer. Curado, 45, will replace long-time CEO Mauricio Botelho at the helm of Embraer in April 2007.

By JENS FLOTTAU

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Up and Running

PARIS The International Launch Services (ILS) consortium is looking to complete two more Proton launches this year after the booster returned to flight following a February launch accident in which its Breeze M upper stage failed. The launch of the Eutelsat Hot Bird 8 from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on Aug. 4 was completed without reported flight anomalies, according to ILS officials.

By ROBERT WALL

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Bell, Army Pilots Co-Test ARH-70A

ARLINGTON, TEX. Bell Helicopter Textron plans to deliver the first ARH-70A armed reconnaissance helicopter to the U.S. Army in September 2008, and has begun exploring the aircraft’s flight envelope using Bell and Army pilots. Bill Leonard, executive program director, says the pre-production aircraft has flown more than 12 hr. since first flight July 20 at Bell's XworX facility here.

By EDWARD H. PHILLIPS

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Wake-Up Call

WASHINGTON Taking a page from high-tempo U.S. operations since 2001, the Israel Air Force has introduced a new generation of higher-resolution sensors and network-centric operations to tightly integrate data from its fighters. A fleet of unmanned aircraft, including the newly operational longer-range Heron/Eagle I, is also on the scene.

By DAVID A. FULGHUM

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