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Jet Lost at Sea Shows the Gaps in Tracking Data
The loss of AirAsia Flight 8501 highlighted an urgent question: How can modern jetliners simply disappear in today's hyper-connected world?
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NSA leak puts focus on system administrators
Insiders of all types going rogue have become a problem for the government and industry over the last decade.
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Osama raid: US used stealth chopper that had been a secret
The assault team that killed Osama bin Laden sneaked up on his compound in radar-evading helicopters that had never been discussed publicly by the United States government, aviation analysts said Thursday. The commandos blew up one of the helicopters after it was damaged in a hard landing, but news photographs of the surviving tail section reveal m...
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Boeing wins $35 billion contract from US Air Force
In a surprise twist to a long-running saga, the Air Force said on Thursday that it would award a $35 billion contract for aerial fuelling tankers to Boeing rather than to a European company that builds Airbus planes. William J. Lynn III, the deputy defence secretary, said Boeing was "the clear winner" under a formula that considered the bid prices,...
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Pentagon seeks biggest military cuts since 9/11
The White House has ordered the Pentagon to squeeze almost all growth from its spending over the next five years, which will require eventually shrinking the Army and Marine Corps and seeking controversial increases in the fees paid by for retired, working-age veterans for their health insurance, Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates said Thursday.The ...
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Wealthy and worried, India is rich arms market for US
A big item on President Obama's India to-do list this weekend is securing a $5 billion deal for Boeing to sell 10 of its C-17 cargo planes. The agreement, for which Boeing and American officials have long laid the groundwork, would be part of a flurry of military equipment deals that foreign suppliers are eager to nail down with India. Mr. Obama's ...
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Jet Lost at Sea Shows the Gaps in Tracking Data
The loss of AirAsia Flight 8501 highlighted an urgent question: How can modern jetliners simply disappear in today's hyper-connected world?
-
NSA leak puts focus on system administrators
Insiders of all types going rogue have become a problem for the government and industry over the last decade.
-
Osama raid: US used stealth chopper that had been a secret
The assault team that killed Osama bin Laden sneaked up on his compound in radar-evading helicopters that had never been discussed publicly by the United States government, aviation analysts said Thursday. The commandos blew up one of the helicopters after it was damaged in a hard landing, but news photographs of the surviving tail section reveal m...
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Boeing wins $35 billion contract from US Air Force
In a surprise twist to a long-running saga, the Air Force said on Thursday that it would award a $35 billion contract for aerial fuelling tankers to Boeing rather than to a European company that builds Airbus planes. William J. Lynn III, the deputy defence secretary, said Boeing was "the clear winner" under a formula that considered the bid prices,...
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Pentagon seeks biggest military cuts since 9/11
The White House has ordered the Pentagon to squeeze almost all growth from its spending over the next five years, which will require eventually shrinking the Army and Marine Corps and seeking controversial increases in the fees paid by for retired, working-age veterans for their health insurance, Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates said Thursday.The ...
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Wealthy and worried, India is rich arms market for US
A big item on President Obama's India to-do list this weekend is securing a $5 billion deal for Boeing to sell 10 of its C-17 cargo planes. The agreement, for which Boeing and American officials have long laid the groundwork, would be part of a flurry of military equipment deals that foreign suppliers are eager to nail down with India. Mr. Obama's ...
