October 3, 2011

October 3, 2011

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Energy Equation

Energy Equation

By GRAHAM WARWICK

Purchase Polemics

Purchase Polemics

By PIERRE SPARACO

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Energy Equation

Energy Equation

Energy efficiency set to become a design requirement for future weapon systems

By GRAHAM WARWICK

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Purchase Polemics

Purchase Polemics

French political spotlight falls on Air France-KLM’s Airbus/Boeing split order

By PIERRE SPARACO

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ALLIANCE ADJUSTMENT

ALLIANCE ADJUSTMENT

A Chilean court’s demand that LAN Airlines and Grupo TAM sacrifice one of their alliance memberships to proceed with their merger is a fitting milestone for what appears to be the end of an era for the global airline groups. Now into their second decade, the three alliances—Oneworld, SkyTeam and Star—are powerhouses that helped their members move beyond the limitations of bilateral partnerships.

By DARREN SHANNON

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Daily Emissions Price Assessments

European Union emission allowance (EUA) prices fell back in September amid macroeconomic jitters after rallying through the second half of August. A nervous mood has persisted in the carbon market as EU leaders struggle to find a meaningful solution to the Greek debt problem, which has cast a dark shadow over European stock and commodity markets this year.
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Age of Aquarius

Age of Aquarius

New clues to global water interaction emerge

By FRANK MORRING,

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Firing Rockets

Firing Rockets

COMMENTARY California super-entrepreneur Elon Musk of PayPal, Tesla Motors and Space Exploration Technologies fame is no naif when it comes to the ways of Washington. Wielding one of the bigger megaphones in town—a luncheon address at the National Press Club—he used the opportunity last week to zing a rhetorical missile at the military-industrial complex.

By JAMES R. ASKER

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PROPULSION

ALANCE 0 F POWER

MTU, Avio to assist in developing Chinese commercial turbofan

By BRADLEY PERRETT

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COMMERCIAL PROGRAMS

Delivery and Ramp-Up

EVERETT, WASH. With All Nippon Airways (ANA) in possession of the first 787-8, Boeing is upbeat about taking the first steps in its next big challenge— a production ramp-up—but hesitates about when the industry’s first composite jet will begin to pay off.

By MICHAEL MECHAM

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Hidden Benefits

Flight control system on 787 boosts designers’ flexibility

By GUY NORRIS,ANAHEIM

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