Defense & Aerospace

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National Defense December 2003 Harold Kennedy	Civil Air Patrol Gets New Technology The CAP, the official civilian auxiliary of the Air Force, is in the process of upgrading its fleet with new technology, including radios, digital cameras, laptop computers, satellite phone systems and aircraft.
National Defense December 2003 Roxana Tiron	Germany Launches Wide-Ranging Defense Reform The German government has until the end of this month to lay down the specifics for its 2005 defense plan, which will jumpstart a new effort to match the country's increased military commitments.
National Defense December 2003 Sandra I. Erwin	Littoral Combat Ship Sensors Pose Integration Challenges The LCS is a new warship being designed specifically for coastal operations, in particular anti-submarine warfare, maritime patrol, and mine detection and clearance. It must be integrated with a dispersed force of smaller networked platforms with distributed unmanned sensors.
BusinessWeek November 10, 2003 Carol Matlack	Mega Plane Airbus is building the biggest airliner ever, and more than 100 A380s have been ordered by the airlines. A brilliant leap -- or great folly?
Fast Company November 2003 Scott Kirsner	Some Magnificent Men and Their Flying Machines They won't end up in every garage, but a new generation of low-cost "personal" jets could really take off. Tiny Adam Aircraft is racing to be first on the runway.
Geotimes November 2003 Ralph J. Thompson	Civilian Agencies Implement the Bush Space Policy In April, President Bush authorized a national policy establishing guidance for federal use of commercial satellite data. Civilian agencies must now examine their needs.
BusinessWeek October 20, 2003 Otis Port	Super-Radar, Done Dirt Cheap A radar system that uses ubiquitous cell-phone signals is on its way. The technology, called Celldar, seems certain to be deployed, given its myriad civilian and military applications.
BusinessWeek September 29, 2003	John Arquilla, U.S. Navy No one person is more responsible for pushing the idea of network-centric war than John Arquilla, a RAND Corp. analyst and professor at the Naval Postgraduate School.
Inc. September 2003 Christopher McDougall	The Stubborn Eventually Prosper When a beanbag salesman and a Nevada gambling man join forces to make millions off a Russian miracle fireproof fabric, something bizarre is bound to happen. It did, and then some.
Wired September 2003 Douglas McGray	The Best Defense Is a Good Upgrade This $4.5 billion piece of next-gen naval hardware is already obsolete -- by design. Welcome aboard the flexible technology platform called the USS Ronald Reagan.
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