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National Defense July 2011 Eric Beidel	Military Investigates Killer Drones That Can Fit in Rucksacks Troops are demanding smaller unmanned aerial vehicles on the front lines, sparking efforts to develop lighter weapons for the aircraft. Now there are plans to make weapons out of the drones themselves.
National Defense July 2011 Stew Magnuson	Troubled Space-Based Infrared Satellite Program Finally Gets Off the Ground On May 7, the Air Force successfully sent to geosynchronous orbit GEO-1, the first SBIRS satellite. It was a long, tortuous road, lasting some 15 years with a price tag that will come to $10.4 billion.
National Defense July 2011 Sandra I. Erwin	High-Tech Weapon Makers Set Sights on 'Smart Microgrid' Market Pentagon contractors are looking to transition their skills in assembling complex weapon systems into the nascent market of energy microgrids.
National Defense July 2011 Eric Beidel	Government, Industry Play Ping-Pong With Green Investment Strategy A Defense Department official compared the process of finding federal funding for green energy projects to a night out on Bourbon Street.
The Motley Fool June 13, 2011 Rich Smith	America: Guns "R" U.S. The nation is set to sell $46 billion in arms internationally this year.
National Defense July 2011 Stew Magnuson	Pentagon Still Playing Catch-Up With Bomb Makers The U.S. military's cadre of bomb disposal technicians needs lighter equipment, the ability to detect explosives at stand-off distances and their sensors consolidated into one handheld device.
National Defense July 2011 Eric Beidel	Efforts Under Way to Harden Unpiloted Aircraft for Contested Airspace Military leaders are beginning to wonder how Predators, Reapers, Hunters, Shadows and the rest will perform in unfriendly skies.
National Defense July 2011 Grace V. Jean	Remotely Piloted Aircraft Fuel Demand for Satellite Bandwidth The communications-hungry drones consume large amounts of bandwidth to pipe battlefield video feeds and other sensor data back to intelligence centers and to forces on the ground.
The Motley Fool June 9, 2011 Rich Smith	Boeing Beats Airbus Boeing's got a six-plane edge over Airbus on gross plane sales for the year, which translates to higher profit margins.
The Motley Fool June 9, 2011 Rich Smith	$1 Trillion for the F-35? Maybe Not. United Tech, the current sole-source provider of the engine that will fly Lockheed's new bird, announced a plan to cut costs on the fighter's engines.
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