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National Defense April 2005 Joe Pappalardo	Taking Off Upgrades and a surge of new U.S. military orders should make the next 10 years a busy decade for rotorcraft manufacturers, according to a recent study by Forecast International Inc.
The Motley Fool May 3, 2011 Rich Smith	Department of Defense Rejects GE The alternative F-35 engine is dead. Long live the original engine.
The Motley Fool June 15, 2011 Rich Smith	Boeing Scores Touchdown in India There's a new world order for U.S. defense contractors.
The Motley Fool February 19, 2010 Rich Smith	Boeing Curries Favor in India And they need to, because Lockheed's F-35 is on its way.
The Motley Fool August 24, 2011 Rich Smith	Budget Deficit? What Budget Deficit? The Pentagon has plenty of money for new toys.
National Defense April 2010 Austin Wright	U.S. Helicopter Suppliers Fear Losing Innovation War The military helicopter business is booming, but the industry mostly is making money fixing up and maintaining the Army's aging fleet. Hardly any Pentagon contracts these days pursue new aircraft designs.
BusinessWeek June 25, 2007 Stanley Holmes	High-Tech Weapons: A Loss Of Control? The Pentagon may be ceding too much power to Boeing and other contractors.
BusinessWeek May 15, 2006 Eamon Javers	Stealth Spending At The Pentagon How the Air Force is keeping the costs of expensive new fighter jets under the radar.
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National Defense May 2014 Valerie Insinna	Industry Yearns for Scout Helicopter Competition The Army has all but canceled its armed aerial scout helicopter competition to replace the Kiowa Warrior, but some rotorcraft manufacturers are holding out hope that the service will decide to purchase a new aircraft.
The Motley Fool January 29, 2004 Bill Mann	Tax Refund Gooses Boeing A $1 billion tax refund gooses Boeing's annual results.
National Defense April 2011 Stew Magnuson	Ghost of Comanche Haunts Army Helicopter Leaders as They Push for New Models Army Aviation officers want a family of new helicopters. Not now, but 20 years from now. Two decades may sound like a long time - but its is not when developing Army rotary wing aircraft.
The Motley Fool April 13, 2009 Rich Smith	An Open Letter to Boeing Here's what the aerospace giant needs to do to straighten up and fly right.
National Defense March 2014 Valerie Insinna	Battle Brewing Over Future Of Army Aviation Programs Army officials are considering the complete divestment of the OH-58 Kiowa Warrior and TH-67 training helicopter, announced Maj. Gen. Kevin Mangum, commanding general of the Aviation Center of Excellence and Fort Rucker.
The Motley Fool September 11, 2008 Rich Smith	Let's Play Boeing Ball! For weeks, airplane magnate Boeing has complained about the Pentagon's planned rebid of a contract to build scores of new KC-X aerial refueling tankers for the Air Force.
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BusinessWeek February 14, 2005 Diane Brady	Marine One, Sikorsky Zero Losing the Presidential chopper contract to Lockheed Martin is a blow -- and not the only one for Sikorsky Aircraft and its parent company, United Technologies Corp.
National Defense June 2007 Sandra I. Erwin	More Services, Less Hardware Define Current Military Buildup In the midst of the largest military expansion since the Reagan administration, industry analysts warn that the gravy days cannot last much longer.
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The Motley Fool June 17, 2009 Rich Smith	Stop Talking, Boeing Ever since losing twin competitions to build the Pentagon's fifth-generation fighters, the F-35 Lightning II and F-22 Raptor, to Lockheed Martin, Boeing's been nursing hurt feelings by dissing the competition.
The Motley Fool February 18, 2005 Seth Jayson	Boeing Baddie Gets a Wrist Slap The itty-bitty sentence handed to former Boeing CFO Michael Sears holds a few lessons for investors.
The Motley Fool October 5, 2010 Rich Smith	Boeing's Da Bomb Last week, we discussed Boeing's just-in-time landing of a $5.3 billion order for F-18 fighter jets -- big news at the time, but a contract that pales next to the monster deal Boeing just inked to upgrade the Air Force's fleet of B-52 bombers.
The Motley Fool August 26, 2008 Rich Smith	Boeing to Air Force: Keep Yer Stinkin' Tankers ... at least the Army still loves us.
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National Defense July 2005 Frank Colucci	Helicopter Suppliers Must Modernize, Says Defense Industrial Policy Chief The Defense Department predicts that military helicopter suppliers will recover from the current slump in aircraft production if they invest in new manufacturing technologies.
The Motley Fool April 22, 2010 Rich Smith	Hey! Who's Flying This Thing? (The Helicopter Edition) As fast and furious as unmanned, horizontal-flying aircraft have evolved, the big defense story in recent months has been the advances going on in robotic helicopters.
The Motley Fool April 4, 2008 Rich Smith	Washington Post Indicts Military-Industrial Complex The Washington Post prints a seething report about over-expenditures in the military defense contracting business.
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