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  A&D;: On Its Own

  Posted by Tony Velocci 5:00 PM on Oct 14, 2012

  Tempting as it is for aerospace and defense professionals to think the industry will be better served long-term if voters in the November general election choose Mitt Romney over B... Read More >>

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  Most At Risk

  Posted by Tony Velocci 7:03 AM on Sep 10, 2012

      With the likelihood of sequestration bearing down on the aerospace industry, speculation is rampant about how big of an impact it will actually have o... Read More >>

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  Farnborough Lite

  Posted by Tony Velocci 5:00 PM on Jul 15, 2012

  What a difference a year makes. The 2012 Farnborough Air Show could not have presented a starker contrast with the 2011 Paris Air Show on multiple levels—the number of ... Read More >>

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  Pullback

  Posted by Tony Velocci 5:00 PM on Jul 06, 2012

  As aerospace and government officials converge on London for the Farnborough Air Show (July 9 -13), one of the major themes at the center of this bi-annual exposition will be t... Read More >>

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  Industry In Transition

  Posted by Tony Velocci 1:00 PM on Jun 30, 2012

  For all the talk about U.S. aerospace companies needing to increase productivity so they can meet major competitive and Pentagon affordability challenges, there is another reas... Read More >>

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  Universal Truths

  Posted by Tony Velocci 12:30 PM on Jun 17, 2012

  “Falling behind early gives you more time to catch back up.” This may sound like one of Yogi Berra’s many scintillating quips, but it is actually one o... Read More >>

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  Heroes By Any Definition

  Posted by Tony Velocci 2:00 PM on May 20, 2012

  An American soldier who saved his platoon and was killed destroying an enemy bunker during a battle in Cambodia last week was awarded the Medal of Honor (MOH)  posthumously. H... Read More >>

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  Risky Business

  Posted by Tony Velocci 7:00 PM on May 13, 2012

  Is commercial aviation on the cusp of a “super cycle?” Maybe. The possibility cannot be dismissed. Think about it—orders for new, more efficient aircraft are... Read More >>

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  Wearing The Medal

  Posted by Tony Velocci 10:15 PM on Apr 06, 2012

  If you’ve never read "Medal of Honor: Portraits of Valor Beyond the Call of Duty"—a New York Times best seller—I recommend it highly. This uncommon coffee-... Read More >>

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  High Anxiety

  Posted by Tony Velocci 12:30 AM on Mar 19, 2012

  As “unexecutably stupid” as the specter of sequestration is, as Deputy Defense Secretary Ashton Carter recently described the prescribed across-the-board cuts in futu... Read More >>

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