December 3, 2007

December 3, 2007

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WORLD NEWS & ANALYSIS

Final Hurdle

By FRANK MORRING7 min

WORLD NEWS & ANALYSIS

New Deal

By MICHAEL A.TAVERNA4 min

WORLD NEWS & ANALYSIS

Generation 4.5

By MICHAEL A. TAVERNA4 min

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Final Hurdle

Europe's Columbus lab is poised for its much anticipated launch to ISS

By FRANK MORRING7 min

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New Deal

SSTL, OHB System agree to team on Galileo as focus shifts from funding to procurement

By MICHAEL A.TAVERNA4 min

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Generation 4.5

New Inmarsat satellite to drive BGAN expansion

By MICHAEL A. TAVERNA4 min

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F-22 Down Under?

Australia's new government will pull out of Iraq, but it's as committed to defense as its predecessor

By BRADLEY PERRETT4 min

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Cessna Heads for China

Avic I to build SkyCatchers, while Cessna grows single-engine line at home

By BRADLEY PERRET,FRANCES FIORING4 min

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Nuclear Reaction

Russia advances new air-launched deterrent as glimpses of design emerge
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Going Nuke

Air Force secretary sheds more definition on mission for new bomber

By AMY BUTLER3 min

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Giving Afghanistan Lift

Afghanistan’s air force is likely to see its fixed-wing transport capacity grow substantially under international plans to build up a tactical transport fleet of 18-24 aircraft starting around mid-2009. The Combined Security Transition Command-Afghanistan wants to give a boost to the Afghan National Army to relieve the strain on NATO’s International Security Assistance Force and the U.S. troops operating under separate mandate in the country.

By ANDY NATIVI2 min

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Chinese Lunar Hope

BEIJING Someday China will send astronauts to the Moon, even though it has no timetable for doing so, predicts the head of the country’s space agency. Four weeks after officials formally denied press reports that China planned a manned lunar mission by 2020, the national space administration head, Sun Laiyan, says the Moon program includes only unmanned spacecraft.

By BRADLEY PERRETT1 min

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ISRAEL'S LEBANON LESSONS

Learning on the Fly

Israeli analysts call for more flexibility and renewal of basic combat skills

By DAVID A. FULGHUM,ROBERT WALL9 min

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