Defense & Aerospace

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The Motley Fool March 18, 2009 Rich Smith	EADS' Loss Is Boeing's Gain The A400M's flaws are catching up to it, vaulting Boeing into the lead.
National Defense April 2009 Lawrence P. Farrell Jr.	No Way to Escape Tighter Budgets, Acquisition Reform Two major developments are stirring many questions and concerns about what the current mood means for the industry.
National Defense April 2009 Sandra I. Erwin	Military Hardware: What Do Users Want? At a time when the Pentagon is under orders to make "tough choices" about which weapons it should acquire, military buyers may want to consider paying more attention to what troops in the field really need.
National Defense April 2009 Sandra I. Erwin	Pentagon Technology Wins in the Complexity Category The defense industry may not be moving as fast as consumer technology, but their designs are more complex.
National Defense April 2009 Robert H. Williams	Research Leads to Whisper Quiet UAVs While many low altitude unmanned aerial vehicles are able to frustrate visual, radar and infrared detection, the noise they emit especially as they hone in on targets can give them away.
National Defense April 2009 Robert H. Williams	Forget the Middle East, This Oil Comes From Algae General Atomics of San Diego is working on a Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency project to acquire triglyceride oil and JP-8 jet fuel from a photosynthetic organism.
National Defense April 2009 Robert H. Williams	Integrated Emergency Communications Nearing Fruition A partnership between Northrop Grumman Corp. and Global Security Systems will allow rapid communication via cell phones, GPS platforms, music players and comparable machines during emergencies.
National Defense April 2009 Robert H. Williams	Sophisticated Flight Simulator Is Off the Ground A fully immersive cockpit simulator for the Navy's E-6B command, control and communications aircraft is now operational.
Military & Aerospace Electronics March 2009 Edward J. Walsh	Navy steps out on MODERNIZATION Top Navy leaders are struggling to balance the right kind of ships, the best number of platforms, and the best mix of electronic and electro-optic technologies to meet the changing worldwide threats of the 21st century.
Military & Aerospace Electronics March 2009 John McHale	Steady as she goes The most promising applications for single-board computer designers continue to be legacy defense VME technology, a common choice among military electronics system integrators.
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