October 13, 2008

October 13, 2008

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WORLD NEWS & ANALYSIS

Hubble Hangup

By FRANK MORRING5 min

World News & Analysis

Chopping Block

By BETTINA H. CHAVANNE4 min

WORLD NEWS & ANALYSIS

Joint Rivets

By DOUGLAS BARRIE,DAVID A. FULGHUM,ROBERT WALL4 min

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WORLD NEWS & ANALYSIS

Hubble Hangup

Program must flight-quality old hardware before mission

By FRANK MORRING5 min

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World News & Analysis

Chopping Block

U.S. Army siphons from aviation assets to fund its Future Combat Systems program

By BETTINA H. CHAVANNE4 min

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WORLD NEWS & ANALYSIS

Joint Rivets

RC-135s emerge as industry favorite to replace Nimrod R1s

By DOUGLAS BARRIE,DAVID A. FULGHUM,ROBERT WALL4 min

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WORLD NEWS & ANALYSIS

Son of Japhar

New French hypersonic research road map draws on civil funding, Russian flight test know-how

By MICHAEL A. TAVERNA,DOUGLAS BARRIE4 min

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WORLD NEWS & ANALYSIS

Quick Sat

OMAHA, NEB. The U.S. Air Force is planning to procure a single satellite to collect overhead imagery of the Middle East through its new Operationally Responsive Space (ORS) office. The requirement is an “urgent need" for commanders in the field at U.S. Central Command, which oversees military operations in the Middle East and Afghanistan, says Gary Payton, deputy undersecretary of the Air Force for space.

By AMY BUTLER4 min

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WORLD NEWS & ANALYSIS

Big Picture

EA-18G operational evaluation explores electronic attack capability, crew interface

By GUY NORRIS4 min

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WORLD NEWS & ANALYSIS

Adrift in Space

U.S. national security space problems punted to the next administration

By AMY BUTLER3 min

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U.K. RECONNAISSANCE AIRCRAFT

ASTOR GIRDS FOR WAR

Mixed RAF, Army and Navy crews polish combat surveillance techniques

By DAVID A. FULGHUM8 min

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U.K. RECONNAISSANCE AIRCRAFT

Airborne Spying

Astor adds flying intelligence network to the U.K.'s combat machine

By DAVID A. FULGHUM7 min

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GLOBAL ECONOMIC CRISIS

Confronting Reality

Business aircraft backlogs still stretch out for years, but will the money?

By GRAHAM WARWICK,WILLIAM GARVEY7 min

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