January 11, 2010

January 11, 2010

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LAUREATES 2010

CELEBRATING THE BEST 53rd Annual Awards

AIR TRANSPORT

All That Twitters

By MADHU UNNIKRISHNAN,ROBERT WALL9 min

NEWS BREAKS

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LAUREATES 2010

CELEBRATING THE BEST 53rd Annual Awards

AVIATION WEEK, continuing a proud tradition begun more than 50 years ago, is honored to present the nominees for Laureate awards for 2010. These individuals and teams have been nominated for lasting contributions and extraordinary achievements—and in some cases, heroics—in civil, military and commercial aviation and aerospace.
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AIR TRANSPORT

All That Twitters

JetBlue and Virgin America champion social networking, but legacy carriers lag behind

By MADHU UNNIKRISHNAN,ROBERT WALL9 min

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NEWS BREAKS

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SECURITY

To the Next Level

New air travel security measures stir controversy and concerns

By FRANCES FIORINO,ANDREW COMPART,ROBERT WALL7 min

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AIR TRANSPORT

Triple Threat

Mexicana relies on three-airline strategy to strengthen network

By ADRIAN SCHOFIELD6 min

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DEFENSE

Base Motives

London will reexamine RAF cuts if Conservatives return to power this year

By DOUGLAS BARRIE,ROBERT WALL5 min

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AIR TRANSPORT

Fleet-Footed

V-22 is proving to be a useful addition to Afghanistan arsenal

By BETTINA H. CHAVANNE5 min

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SATCOM

Bundled Buying

New program is set to meld commercial satcom procurement by Defense Dept. and other federal, state and local agencies

By AMY BUTLER,MICHAEL A. TAVERNA5 min

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SPACE

Two and Counting

It's a bumper year for Arianespace and ILS, but challenging times could lie ahead

By MICHAEL A. TAVERNA5 min

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COMMENTARY

MARKET FOCUS

It did not take long for Wes Bush to make his mark on Northrop Grumman Corp. Three days after he became CEO on Jan. 1, the 120,000-employee military contractor announced that its headquarters will move to the Washington region in 2011, decamping from Los Angeles, where Jack Northrop founded the company 70 years ago.

By Joseph C. Anselmo5 min

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