May 28, 2013

May 28, 2013

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Contract Protest Delays Airtankers Again

Contract Protest Delays Airtankers Again

Contract Protest Delays Airtankers Again

Path of Destruction

Contract Protest Delays Airtankers Again

NOAA’s GOES Awry With Attitude Problem

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Contract Protest Delays Airtankers Again

Contract Protest Delays Airtankers Again

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Contract Protest Delays Airtankers Again

Path of Destruction

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Contract Protest Delays Airtankers Again

NOAA’s GOES Awry With Attitude Problem

The U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) is taking the unusual measure of activating an in-orbit Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite (GOES) spare as experts try to rescue the primary spacecraft, which that has failed to transmit imaging and sounding data for a second time in less than a year.
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UNMANNED AIRCRAFT

Triton's Turn

Navy UAS kicks off flight testing as Northrop finally offers to trim ops costs for USAF Global Hawk

By Guy Norris,Amy Butler

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UNMANNED AIRCRAFT

Global Hawk Family

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DEFENSE

Balance of Risk

F-35 operators ask themselves: ‘How much capability is enough?’

By Graham Warwick

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DEFENSE

Language Barrier

USAF works to bridge communications gulf between stealthy and older combat aircraft

By Amy Butler

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DEFENSE

Cheap Kill

New approach to interceptors needed to counter low-cost threats

By Graham Warwick

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SPACE

Heating Up

NASA’s Sunjammer solar sail to fly next year

By Amy Svitak Paris

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MISSILES

Making Haste With Hammer

France rushes laser AASM integration for ‘semi-mobile’ targets in Mali

By Amy Svitak

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