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		<title><![CDATA[DARPA Contracts To Boost Biofuel-From-Algae Efforts]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_6712/is_15_241/ai_n31388318]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[By George Lobsenz  In what could provide a huge kick-start for a promising new biofuel, the  Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency DARPA is providing nearly $35  million to two contractors who will compete to develop scalable production  methods capable of producing jet fuel from algae at...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Jan 2009 23:59:59 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Still a steep learning curve: as seen from a wide-angle lens, the drone world is reaching a turning point, probably one that will lead to many others. One thing is clear, though, Europe is finally trying to hammer its own niche in a discipline that has be]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_hb3031/is_5_32/ai_n30958979]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED]  Before turning to recent events and developments, there is a further point that might require reflection, and that is the vulnerability of drones to aircraft attack. For obvious reasons, drones have hitherto been regarded as 'more expendable' items than conventional aircraft. However, they have also become increasingly...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Oct 2008 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Drone maker can&#39;t keep pace with war needs, report says]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON -- The Pentagon's plan to put more drones in the skies over Iraq and Afghanistan as a critical weapon against insurgents relies on a company that government investigators and military analysts say has not met the skyrocketing demand for the aircraft.     General Atomics Aeronautical Systems,...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Sep 2008 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[CBP Uses Predator In Gustav Response And Recovery]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_6712/is_49_239/ai_n30882092]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[As part of the Department of Homeland Security's response to Hurricane  Gustav, Customs and Border Protection CBP last week flew one of its Predator B  Unmanned Aircraft Systems around the New Orleans area over a three-day period to  provide live video of critical infrastructure for any possible...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Sep 2008 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[EMALS Catapult For CVN-78 Proceeding Through Testing, Appears Back On Track]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_6712/is_28_239/ai_n29459569]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[By Geoff Fein  Testing on the giant motor generator that will be used to power the  electromagnetic aircraft launch system EMALS on the Navy's next-generation  carrier, the Gerald R. Ford, should wrap-up testing next month at General  Atomics' Tupelo, Miss., facility, a Navy official said. ...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 08 Aug 2008 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Of special note]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_hb3031/is_4_33/ai_n29459492]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[General Atomics has finalised a $1.1 million, two-year contract to develop the Phase II preliminary design for the sea connector Transformable Craft (T-Craft) for the US Office of Naval Research. The hybrid electric-drive craft can deploy unloaded, traveling more than 2500 nm to reach a sea base. The T-Craft is...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Aug 2008 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[T-Craft image hovering]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_hb3031/is_4_33/ai_n29459526]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED]  Received too late to include in the Business section of this issue is the image of the Umoe Mandal T-Craft hybrid drive high-speed vessel, for which General Atomics is providing developmental support for the alternative propulsion schemes that could possibly replace traditional mechanical shaft-drive designs, is seen...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Aug 2008 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Project Noctua: CF seeks "little owl" for Kandahar]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_6972/is_5_15/ai_n28534401]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED]  It has been common knowledge in military circles that the CF's fleet of Sperwer unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs, pictured above at CFB Wainwright) are in a dismal need of replacement. Back in December 2006 when Esprit de Corps asked Army Commander Lt.-Gen. Andrew Leslie about his major...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Jun 2008 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[United States fly high: while the United States and the Soviet Union were the first to re-explore uncrewed aircraft technologies since the second world war in the 1960s, notably through Ryan and Tupolev , Israel was really the first nation to turn the dis]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_hb3031/is_3_32/ai_n29447493]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED]  Compared to spending on manned aircraft (the Lockheed Martin F-22 alone receiving over $ 3.5 billion in FY08), that on drones is small, but rising impressively. The Washington-based Teal Group estimated in late 2007 that the worldwide annual spend on drones will almost double from the current...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Jun 2008 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[GENERAL ATOMICS AWARDED CONTRACT FOR INCREMENTAL FUNDING]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_hb5561/is_200803/ai_n25288586]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[General Atomics Aeronautical System, San Diego, was awarded on Feb. 28, 2008, an $18,666,000 cost-plus incentive fee contract for incremental funding for system development and demonstration for the extended range/multi-purpose unmanned aerial vehicle.Work will be performed in San Diego, Adelanto, Calif., Palmdale, Calif., Salt Lake City, Hunt Valley, Md., and...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Mar 2008 23:59:59 -0800</pubDate>
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