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Test Pilot Dies in F-22 Crash Near Edwards AFB
EDWARDS, AFB -- Investigators are trying to determine why an F-22 fighter jet crashed near Edwards, Air Force Base, killing a Lockheed Martin test pilot . The company said in a statement Wednesday that the pilot was 49-year-old David Cooley. He worked...Tags: Death, Armed Forces, U.S. Department of Defense, Defense, Nevada
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Northrop tanker won Air Force contest in four areas
Bloomberg NewsNorthrop Grumman Corp., the third- largest U.S. defense company, said it won a $35 billion Air Force aerial refueling tanker program because its bid was "more advantageous" in four of the five areas weighed in the contest. The company's tanker won in the...Tags: Maryland, Armed Forces, Defense, Northrop Grumman Corporation, Los Angeles
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New Boeing transport plane could keep Long Beach plant open
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterSouthern California's last major airplane factory, slated to close in two years, could find new life under a bold plan being floated by Boeing Co. to build a new version of the massive C-17 military cargo plane. The proposal, gaining traction among...Tags: Disasters, Industrial Production, Defense, Afghanistan, Boeing Co.
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Florida's aerospace agency flounders
Sentinel Staff WritersGov. Charlie Crist, military brass and political elites went to Cape Canaveral in October to dedicate the signature achievement of the state's fledgling aerospace-development agency -- a multimillion-dollar future launchpad they hoped would grow into an...Tags: Cape Canaveral, Defense, Education, Yale University, Economy, Business and Finance
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Computer gaming requirements spurring scientific advances
A revolution to greatly speed the pace of scientific and technological advances will unfold in the next few years, and it comes directly from the needs of the computer game business. In a talk at an international meeting last week in Urbana, David Kirk,...Tags: Santa Clara, Computer Hardware, Video Games, Education, Entertainment
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Lawsuits spotlight employees' hidden 401(k) fees
Baltimore SunEmployees at 10 of the nation's largest companies recently shook the 401(k) world by suing their employers over their plans' fees. The workers claim the employers failed to make sure the plan fees are reasonable, as required. By taking their gripes to...Tags: 401K, Pension and Welfare, Economy, Business and Finance, Government, Interior Policy
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Obama: Marine One needs lube, that's all
The Swampby Mark Silva Like a car-owner getting another 100,0000 out of the old rust-bucket, President Barack Obama says maybe he can do without a new Marine One. Except, in this case, the current fleet of presidential helicopters is pretty shiny,......Tags: John McCain, Defense, White House, Robert Gates, Government
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NASA again looks at foam that hit wing
Sun StaffNASA investigators seeking the cause of Saturday's shuttle disaster are taking another hard look at a sheet of insulating foam that broke away from Columbia's external fuel tank and struck the craft's left wing during liftoff Jan. 16. Engineers had...Tags: Defense, University of Maryland, College Park, Entertainment, Building Material, Boeing Co.
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Space shuttle loss hurts Lockheed, other NASA stocks
Sun StaffAs NASA continued to investigate the shuttle Columbia's disintegration and ponder the future of the nation's manned space program, Wall Street seemed to draw its own conclusion yesterday and punished stocks of the shuttle's manufacturers - along with...Tags: George W. Bush, Fairfax (Fairfax, Virginia), Technology, White House, Northrop Grumman Corporation
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Answering the Coast Guard's SOS
Times Staff WriterTired of its image as a "second-class navy" outgunned by smugglers and stuck in the technological stone age, the Coast Guard hopes to spend more than $10 billion over the next 20 years to replace its fleet of aging ships, aircraft and communications...Tags: Fairfax (Fairfax, Virginia), Budgets and Budgeting, Defense, Organized Crime, White House
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Paychecks raise eyebrows
Sun StaffCharity is big business in Maryland, and some of the providers provide the compensation packages to prove it. Seven of the state's 501(c)(3) organizations - charities, the most common nonprofits - paid more than $1 million in salary and benefits to at...Tags: University of Maryland, College Park, Economy, Business and Finance, Social Issues, Hospitals and Clinics, Aerospace Manufacturing
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