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The Motley Fool May 23, 2007 Rich Smith	Fool on Call: AS&E Listening in on American Science and Engineering's talk with the analysts, the road looks both long and smooth, paved by new order bookings that are rising faster than revenues.
The Motley Fool August 8, 2007 Rich Smith	American Shazam & Engineering Investors, American Science & Engineering's numbers are stunning. But it's hard to tell why.
The Motley Fool August 14, 2006 Rich Smith	American Science & Equanimity As the backscatter X-ray specialist's stock imitates a superball, management remains stoic. Investors, take note.
The Motley Fool February 10, 2009 Rich Smith	American Science's Miracle Quarter Once again, American Science & Engineering walloped the Street's earnings estimates. The impressive set of Q3 numbers included a 163% leap in profits.
The Motley Fool November 6, 2009 Rich Smith	American Science Does It Again AS&E reported fiscal-second-quarter results. Judging from the stock price, investors have gone wild -- and rightly so.
The Motley Fool February 11, 2010 Rich Smith	American Science Takes Its Lumps Once again, AS&E suffers from lumpy earnings.
The Motley Fool January 28, 2008 Rich Smith	Northrop Becomes a Guinea Pig Backlog refers to orders that have been booked and are expected to become revenue but haven't yet. Let's take a deeper look at backlog, using Northrop Grumman's fourth-quarter and full-year reports as an example.
The Motley Fool August 10, 2010 Rich Smith	Like Kryptonite for Super Bankers AS&E makes Wall Street look small-f foolish. Yesterday, American Science & Engineering gave investors an object lesson in Wall Street "analysis."
The Motley Fool May 8, 2006 Dan Bloom	Why the Short Interest in AS&E? We examine the possible reasons behind the interest in short positions on American Science & Engineering. If you get nervous seeing red in your portfolio, then you should consider selling now and watch this one from the sidelines.
The Motley Fool November 10, 2010 Rich Smith	When Is a Spike in Terrorism "Good News"? Answer: Whenever American Science & Engineering reports earnings.
The Motley Fool May 18, 2009 Rich Smith	American Science Sinks Things could get even better for AS&E, as the Obama administration seems more likely to increase than decrease funding for port and airport security -- AS&E's forte.
The Motley Fool January 23, 2008 Rich Smith	Foolish Forecast: Northrop Is Shipshape In advance of earnings, analysts expect defense contractor Northrop Grumman to show a small increase in sales and an even smaller increase in profits.
The Motley Fool February 9, 2011 Rich Smith	Time to Sell American Science & Engineering? When do strong earnings signal "sell"? When numbers like these at this defense company make investors feel just a tiny bit nervous.
The Motley Fool August 3, 2007 Rich Smith	Foolish Forecast: AS&E Fills Its Dance Card The X-ray-detection specialist American Science & Engineering is set to release its first-quarter 2008 financial results. Investors, here is what you can expect to see.
The Motley Fool January 30, 2008 Rich Smith	Foolish Forecast: Raytheon Rules In advance of earnings, analysts expect defense contractor Raytheon to see profits soar.
The Motley Fool May 26, 2006 Dan Bloom	What's Next for AS&E? The bulls and bears continue to their tussle over American Science & Engineering. Uncertainty is unavoidable in investing, but if you own this stock, you can take comfort in the fact that the potential gain is much larger than the potential loss.
The Motley Fool January 24, 2008 Rich Smith	Slow Motion for General Dynamics Investors fear that decreasing sales in the coming year may threaten the defense contractor's stock price.
The Motley Fool October 28, 2009 Rich Smith	General Dynamics vs. the Recession Matched against a global recession, General Dynamics has come away this quarter looking like the proverbial 98-pound weakling.
The Motley Fool January 23, 2008 Rich Smith	Foolish Forecast: Lockheed As Death Star In advance of earnings, analysts expect defense contractor Lockheed Martin to report flat quarterly sales and profits.
The Motley Fool February 1, 2008 Rich Smith	Boeing Keeps Climbing The plane maker once again obliterates estimates.
The Motley Fool March 2, 2011 Cindy Johnson	McDermott International Shares Popped: What You Need to Know Engineering company McDermott International, popped 11% in intraday trading today after news of a higher backlog and new contracts overshadowed a big earnings miss.
The Motley Fool April 20, 2007 Rich Smith	Say What, SAIC? For the second time in its history, the government contractor reported earnings as a public company last week. With the stock up 7% in the days since, it appears that investors liked what they saw.
The Motley Fool January 22, 2008 Rich Smith	Foolish Forecast: Generally Less Dynamic? In advance of earnings, analysts expect defense contractor General Dynamics to show a quarterly sales increase of 16% and a big rise in profits too.
The Motley Fool July 30, 2007 Rich Smith	General Dynamics Caught in a Firefight The market downturn erases gains. However, investors in General Dynamics know that what matters in investing for the long-term is not the day-to-day gyrations of the digits attached to a ticker symbol, but the performance of the business that symbol represents.
The Motley Fool May 14, 2008 Rich Smith	AS&E Delivers American Science & Engineering's most recent quarterly report makes three straight quarters of year-over-year profit declines.
The Motley Fool July 28, 2008 Rich Smith	Raytheon's Risks Revealed Raytheon not only repeated last quarter's feat, but bested it. And twice in a row, investors ignore the news.
The Motley Fool January 29, 2008 Rich Smith	Foolish Forecast: L-3's Q4 Through much of last year, and all of this year to date, defense contractor L-3 Communications has reported earnings in excess of expectations. Will they do it again when they report fourth-quarter and full-year 2007 results?
The Motley Fool May 18, 2006 Rich Smith	Foolish Forecast: American Science & Engineering It's been nearly two years since the maker of backscatter X-ray machines last reported earnings anywhere near as low as those expected by Wall Street analysts. Tomorrow morning, the company will try to extend its streak of "earnings beats" to a lucky No. 7 when reporting on fiscal fourth-quarter and full-year 2006.
The Motley Fool February 5, 2008 Rich Smith	Raytheon on the Rise Following Raytheon's strong quarterly report, here is some additional information investors should know about the defense contractor.
The Motley Fool February 9, 2006 Dan Bloom	American Science & Engineering in a Sweet Spot Business is booming for this manufacturer of X-ray security devices. Short sellers of this stock, beware.
Military & Aerospace Electronics October 2008	American Science and Engineering Wins $55.1 Million Order From Abu Dhabi Customs The Customs Administration at Abu Dhabi has employed American Science and Engineering to develop x-ray detection systems that can scan cargo trucks, passenger vehicles, and containers at strategic border checkpoints.
The Motley Fool July 25, 2008 Rich Smith	General Dynamics: Still Too Expensive? Down 4% over the past three months, General D's stock is headed in the right direction from a prospective buyer's point of view. But is it still too expensive?
The Motley Fool January 25, 2008 Rich Smith	Textron's Boastful CEO Is on the Money Backlog looks great at Textron, and the company's investing in its future.
Military & Aerospace Electronics July 2008	Latin American Customs Agency Orders American Science and Engineering ZBV The Z Backscatter Van (ZBV) systems will be able to detect drugs, weapons, contraband and stowaways.
The Motley Fool January 22, 2008 Rich Smith	Foolish Forecast: United Tech's Missing Data In advance of earnings, investors hope United Technologies will close out its third straight fiscal year with another analyst beat.
The Motley Fool May 12, 2011 Rich Smith	American Science and Bad Forecasting Wall Street can't get this one right -- don't you make the same mistake.
The Motley Fool June 26, 2008 Rich Smith	Fool on Call: AeroVironment Rides the Rocket AeroVironment management was as good as its word this quarter, reporting a sales increase of 24%, and gross margins of 36% on those sales.
The Motley Fool July 25, 2007 Rich Smith	Ceradyne Burned Out? Profits excel, but outlook disappoints. The ceramics maker reported its second-quarter results, and despite posting 14.4% sales growth, the stock is down 9% and counting.
The Motley Fool April 24, 2008 Rich Smith	Boeing's a Buy All systems are go for this airplane maker to gain altitude.
The Motley Fool May 19, 2009 Rich Smith	3 Top Defense Sector Stocks Raytheon, Lockheed, and General Dynamics carry strong balance sheets, while their valuations appear attractive relative to their growth prospects.
The Motley Fool April 26, 2006 Shruti Basavaraj	Boeing Flies Higher: Fool by Numbers Boeing released first-quarter 2006 earnings: Income Statement Highlights... Margin Checkup... Balance Sheet Highlights... Cash Flow Highlights...
The Motley Fool April 29, 2010 Rich Smith	Does General Dynamics Deserve a Promotion? Sorry, General. That's as high as you go.
The Motley Fool October 23, 2008 Rich Smith	General Dynamics Advances, Shares Retreat After an initial surge in response to Q3 earnings, shares of defense contractor General Dynamics are today executing a phased withdrawal back to their pre-earnings positions.
The Motley Fool July 29, 2009 Rich Smith	General Dynamics Boards a Jet Plane "Tanks for the airplane orders," says the armored vehicle maker.
The Motley Fool September 21, 2007 Mike Cianciolo	Herman Miller's Getting Soft: Fool by Numbers The fast facts about the office furniture specialist's first-quarter results, in which earnings improved, but orders looking forward declined.
The Motley Fool June 3, 2011 Patrick Martin	Budget Cuts Won't Sink This Company The government is cutting spending, but that shouldn't hurt General Dynamics.
The Motley Fool January 23, 2008 Rich Smith	Foolish Forecast: Trend's the Friend at Textron In advance of earnings, analysts wonder if industrial conglomerate Textron will beat their estimates again, as the company has done for two-and-a-half years in a row.
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The Motley Fool December 23, 2010 Rich Smith	Durable Goods Report: Here We Go Again According to the Census Bureau, November marked the third down month out of the last four for declining new orders of manufactured durable goods. Actual shipments of goods -- likewise.