Defense & Aerospace

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National Defense July 2004 Roxana Tiron	Logistics Command Extends Reach of U.S. Seventh Fleet Tucked away behind blocks of concrete at the Sembawang Terminal on Singapore's northern tip is the small office of the Logistics Group, Western Pacific. It is the engine supporting the 7th Fleet--the Navy's largest forward-deployed force.
National Defense July 2004 Harold Kennedy	Navy Tests Coastal Warfare Systems Aboard New Catamaran A new high-speed catamaran, just leased for $21.7 million, is helping the U.S. Navy decide what technologies will be most useful in coastal warfare.
National Defense July 2004 Roxana Tiron	Lack of Specificity in Navy Shipbuilding Plans Irks the Industry Frustrated by perpetual fluctuations in U.S. Navy shipbuilding budgets, industry leaders are asking for funding stability.
National Defense July 2004 Roxana Tiron	Navy Gradually Embracing Composite Materials in Ships The Navy claims that its next generation destroyer, the DD(X), will be the service's first major commitment to composite construction.
National Defense July 2004 Peter M. Steffes	2005 Defense Bill Beginning to Take Shape Congress is making progress on the National Defense Authorization Act for fiscal year 2005. The defense authorization bill sets policy and funding levels.
The Motley Fool June 15, 2004 Brian Gorman	Boeing's Ship Comes In Boeing's new contract to build aircraft for the Navy continues its string of positive news. The company's prospects remain good, but investors may want to wait for the shares to descend a bit before piling on board.
BusinessWeek June 21, 2004 Otis Port	Private Space Travel: We May Have Liftoff If all goes well on June 21, the world's first private space plane will have shot 62 miles up into space before gliding back to land at the Mojave airport north of Los Angeles, launching a new revolution in space tourism.
The Motley Fool June 9, 2004 W.D. Crotty	Bulletproof Stock? The big gainer today on all three exchanges is an obscure little maker of body armor, DHB Industries. What's propelling the stock higher -- today, at least -- is word of a U.S. Army order for $239.4 million in body armor.
The Motley Fool June 8, 2004 Rich Smith	Northrop Grumman Avoids Shoals Northrop Grumman's Newport News shipbuilding subsidiary strikes a deal with a United Steelworkers of America Local 8888.
The Motley Fool June 8, 2004 Rich Smith	Titan to Lockheed: Buy Me, Please! Titan's shareholders agree to Lockheed's reduced buyout offer of $20 a share. The defense contractors have been negotiating this merger for over nine months.
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