March 3, 2008

March 3, 2008

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WORLD NEWS & ANALYSIS

Missile Fallout

By AMY BUTLER,DAVID A. FULGHUM8 min

WORLD NEWS & ANALYSIS

GROWTH ENGINES

By ROBERT WALL,DOUGLAS BARRIE7 min

WORLD NEWS & ANALYSIS

Simplified GTF

By GUY NORRIS4 min

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WORLD NEWS & ANALYSIS

Missile Fallout

U.S. insists SM-3 is geared for missile defense, not Asat

By AMY BUTLER,DAVID A. FULGHUM8 min

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GROWTH ENGINES

Propulsion designers explore advanced concepts to address military needs for unmanned aerial vehicles

By ROBERT WALL,DOUGLAS BARRIE7 min

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WORLD NEWS & ANALYSIS

Simplified GTF

LOS ANGELES Pratt & Whitney is poised to make a key decision on simplifying the configuration of the production version of the geared turbofan (GTF) following the successful outcome of compressor rig tests. The change, if sanctioned, has the potential to enhance further the operational savings claimed by Pratt & Whitney for the GTF which it says could save up to $1.5 million per aircraft per year over current generation types of equal capacity.

By GUY NORRIS4 min

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WORLD NEWS & ANALYSIS

First Fall Of a B-2

A fire warning and rapid loss of control dooms stealth bomber and cuts fleet to 20

By DAVID A. FULGHUM,AMY BUTLER3 min

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AIR TRANSPORT

BRING IT ON

British Airways eagerly awaits opening of London Heathrow's T5

By ROBERT WALL,DOUGLAS BARRIE8 min

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WORLD NEWS & ANNALYSIS

Heavier Still

NASA needs bigger Ares V to meet lunar requirements

By FRANK MORRING6 min

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UNSEATED!

Northrop Grumman /EADS tanker win has Boeing's defense business scrambling

By AMY BUTLER,DAVID A. FULGHUM,ROBERT WALL5 min

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WORLD NEWS & ANNALYSIS

Rotor Resurgence

Record-setting crowds at this year's HAI Heli-Expo mirror the highs hit by manufacturers in sales and backlogs

By JOHN MORRIS,GEORGE LARSON5 min

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COMMENTARY

MARKET FOCUS

He may be the most unpopular U.S. President in modern history, but investors in defense stocks owe thanks to George W. Bush. Shares in the Pentagon’s leading contractors have appreciated dramatically as U.S. military spending reaches levels not seen since World War II.

By Joseph C. Anselmo5 min

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IN ORBIT

Space shuttle engineers continue to analyze recovery-system malfunctions on both of the solid-fuel boosters that launched the orbiter Atlantis on the STS-122/1E mission last month. None of the problems involved flight safety or propulsion aspects of the ATK solid rocket motors, and both were towed back to the Kennedy Space Center without difficulty.

By Frank Morring5 min

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