December 22, 2008

December 22, 2008

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WORLD NEWS & ANALYSIS

Size Doesn't Matter

By CRAIG COVAULT6 min

WORLD NEWS & ANALYSIS

Major Surgery

By FRANK MORRING5 min

WORLD NEWS & ANALYSIS

Sea Change In Stealth

By GUY NORRIS5 min

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WORLD NEWS & ANALYSIS

Size Doesn't Matter

China is developing big military space capabilities using small satellite payloads

By CRAIG COVAULT6 min

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WORLD NEWS & ANALYSIS

Major Surgery

NASA hopes to avoid complicated repair on damaged ISS mechanism

By FRANK MORRING5 min

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WORLD NEWS & ANALYSIS

Sea Change In Stealth

Navy and Northrop Grumman detail UCAS demo plan and novel X-47B design features

By GUY NORRIS5 min

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WORLD NEWS & ANALYSIS

Off Idle

After long delays, A400M engine enters flight-test phase

By ROBERT WALL5 min

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WORLD NEWS & ANALYSIS

Decking Out UAVs

Thales-DCNS award kicks off French deck landing system demonstration

By MICHAEL A. TAVERNA,ROBERT WALL4 min

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WORLD NEWS & ANALYSIS

Breaking Barriers

Free trade rules approach Europe's defense market

By ROBERT WALL3 min

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French Fillip

Recovery package to speed up fielding of new weapon systems in Afghanistan

By MICHAEL A. TAVERNA3 min

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WORLD NEWS & ANALYSIS

Bush’s Chinese Brush-off

BEIJING CAPE CANAVERAL NASA tried and failed to obtain Bush administration approval of an overture to China for a cooperative U.S.-China space mission, NASA Administrator Michael Griffin tells Aviation Week & Space Technology. The White House believes that a higher level of cooperation is too great a reward to China for its human rights and arms-trafficking violations of international law.

By CRAIG COVAULT2 min

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NEWS BREAKS

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AIR TRANSPORT

Etihad's Big Idea

Abu Dhabi-based airline's purchase of Air Berlin could lead to a whole new business pattern

By JENS FLOTTAU4 min

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