August 20, 2012

August 20, 2012

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CAMPAIGN 2012

Guns or Budget

By Jen DiMascio

DEFENSE

Space Salvage

By Graham Warwick,Guy Norris

DEFENSE

Big Trial

By Amy Butler

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CAMPAIGN 2012

Guns or Budget

Analysts view GOP’s choice of VP candidate as a vote for military budget cuts

By Jen DiMascio

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DEFENSE

Space Salvage

Why launch a new satellite when you can reuse an old one, asks Pentagon’s research agency

By Graham Warwick,Guy Norris

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DEFENSE

Big Trial

Missile raid is at the center of MDA flight demonstration

By Amy Butler

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DEFENSE

Tanking Up

With wary eyes on Tehran, Israel pursues more aerial refueling

By David Eshel

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DEFENSE

Full Stop

New Delhi changing its mind on aircraft carrier designs
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DEFENSE

Heads Up

New Delhi wants a naval utility helicopter as well as several other rotorcraft
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SPACE

Commissioning

Curiosity morphs into a mobile lab

By Guy Norris,Frank Morring

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SPACE

CURIOSITY’S NEXT MOVES

Pasadena, Calif. As the sky-crane descent-stage hovered over the landing site, lowering the rover Curiosity to the surface of Mars on cables, its thrusters blasted deep enough to give investigators an unexpected chance to look all the way down to bedrock.

By Frank Morring,Guy Norris

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SPACE

Capability Cubed

Growing government interest spurs smallsat technologies

By Frank Morring

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AEROSPACE BUSINESS

Breathing Easy

Despite shrinking defense budgets, French industrial gas giant sees global A&D growth

By Amy Svitak

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