November 11, 2013

November 11, 2013

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MILITARY AIRCRAFT UPDATE

Aircraft Industry Adjusts to Cuts

By Graham Warwick54 min

NUCLEAR WEAPONS

Russian Renaissance

By Bill Sweetman9 min

DUBAI 2013

Top Designers

By Jens Flottau,Guy Norris8 min

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MILITARY AIRCRAFT UPDATE

Aircraft Industry Adjusts to Cuts

Cutbacks in government spending have not shut down the defense industry, but are making politics even more a part of doing business. On the fighter front, the Lockheed Martin F-35 program is making progress in development-testing and cost-cutting, but remains under intense pressure to get closer to its affordability and capability targets.

By Graham Warwick54 min

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NUCLEAR WEAPONS

Russian Renaissance

Putin gives nuclear weapons top billing

By Bill Sweetman9 min

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DUBAI 2013

Top Designers

Middle Eastern airlines are now hugely influential when it comes to defining new aircraft models

By Jens Flottau,Guy Norris8 min

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NUCLEAR WEAPONS

Modest Dragon

Fears of Chinese nuclear capability are likely overblown, analysts say

By Konstantin Kakaes7 min

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NUCLEAR WEAPONS

Overcoming Armageddon

The most survivable element of the U.S. nuclear arsenal may wind up being the triad itself

By Michael Bruno7 min

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TWENTY20s

A&D Next-Gen Stars

These young people are industry contributors already, demonstrating engineering prowess
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DUBAI 2013

Network Building

The ‘Big Three’ Persian Gulf airlines may have different strategies, but all lead to strong growth

By Jens Flottau6 min

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DUBAI 2013

Arming the Gulf

Region is still a major weapons buyer

By Bill Sweetman,Tony Osborne5 min

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DEFENSE

Upfront Upgrades

BAE gets started on South Korean F-16 program

By Bradley Perrett5 min

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SPACE

Efficient Expedition

India launches $80 million Mars odyssey

By Jay Menon5 min

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