May 16, 2011

May 16, 2011

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AIR TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT

Banking on NextGen

By ADRIAN SCHOFIELD,FRANK JACKMAN

DEFENSE

Talking Turkey

By ANDY NATIVI

DEFENSE

Tejas Trials

By ASIA-PACIFIC STAFF

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AIR TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT

Banking on NextGen

Equipage funding is a tough sell in Congress, but a public-private approach may be an attractive solution

By ADRIAN SCHOFIELD,FRANK JACKMAN

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DEFENSE

Talking Turkey

Fighter programs top Ankara’s long defense procurement wish list

By ANDY NATIVI

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DEFENSE

Tejas Trials

India’s Light Combat Aircraft entering second phase of night flight tests

By ASIA-PACIFIC STAFF

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DEFENSE

Second Stopgap

F-35 schedule is becoming uncomfortably tight for Canberra

By BRADLEY PERRETT

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DEFENSE

Two-Front War

Lawmakers continue engine battle in Congress, look toward Panetta

By JEN DIMASCIO

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DEFENSE

Popularity Contest

WASHINGTON With the Pentagon facing yet another round of budget cutting, or “finding efficiencies," there are hints that the U.S. Air Force’s new bomber program is popular and the increasingly expensive F-35 is not. “The [new] bomber is incredibly important to us,” says Erin Conaton, undersecretary of the Air Force.

By DAVID A. FULGHUM

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AEROSPACE BUSINESS

Deja Vu

Stars may finally be aligned for Thales, Safran asset swap

By ROBERT WALL

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ROTORCRAFT

Combat Capabilities

Helicopter upgrades and purchases by U.S. and allies reflect war pressures

By ROBERT WALL

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BLACK PROGRAMS

Spook Central

Stealth, CIA links and Google Earth imagery point to Sikorsky black program site

By BILL SWEETMAN

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SPACE

New Confidence

USAF hopes to ‘shoot the engineers’ and let cost estimators take center stage

By AMY BUTLER

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