December 9, 2013

December 9, 2013

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UNMANNED SYSTEM

Return of the Penetrator

By Amy Butler,Bill Sweetman8 min

UNMANNED SYSTEMS

Family Business

By Amy Butler,Bill Sweetman8 min

SPACE

Seeking a Balance

By Amy Butler6 min

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UNMANNED SYSTEM

Return of the Penetrator

Stealth takes over where speed left off with new, classified unmanned aircraft

By Amy Butler,Bill Sweetman8 min

2223
UNMANNED SYSTEMS

Family Business

Secret stealth UAS must be viewed in context of related programs

By Amy Butler,Bill Sweetman8 min

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SPACE

Seeking a Balance

SpaceX mishap raises questions about commercial model

By Amy Butler6 min

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MATERIALS

Tensile Strength

China, making strong carbon fiber, plans more capacity and even higher-quality product

By Bradley Perrett6 min

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SPACE

True Blue

Blue Origin lifts the veil on its plans to fly suborbital, orbital human missions

By Frank Morring,Guy Norris6 min

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ASIAN TENSIONS

Building a Buffer

Suspicious of the outside world, China will keep trying to assert its rights over nearby waters

By Bradley Perrett6 min

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SPACE

Heavy Lift

Funding uncertainty seen as main hurdle to SLS rocket development

By Frank Morring6 min

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SPACE

How To Catch an Asteroid

Industry and experts brainstorm ideas for corralling a near-Earth object

By Mark Carreau5 min

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UNMANNED SYSTEMS

Members Only

Europe’s Reaper club grows with Dutch purchase of General Atomics UAV

By Tony Osborne,Amy Svitak5 min

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ELECTRONIC WARFARE

Branching Out

Selex curates mission-data files at electronic warfare support center

By Angus Batey4 min

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