<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>Military Technology: News &amp; Videos about Military Technology - CNN.com</title><link>http://topics.cnn.com/topics/feeds/rss/Military_Technology</link><description>Find stories, videos, and photos about Military Technology from CNN.com.</description><language>en-us</language><copyright>Cable News Network LP, LLLP.</copyright><pubDate>Thu, 26 Nov 2009 06:32:43 GMT</pubDate><ttl>5</ttl><image><title>Military Technology: News &amp; Videos about Military Technology - CNN.com</title><url>http://i.cdn.turner.com/cnn/.element/img/1.0/logo/cnn.logo.rss.gif</url><link>http://topics.cnn.com/topics/feeds/rss/Military_Technology</link><width>144</width><height>33</height><description>Find stories, videos, and photos about Military Technology from CNN.com.</description></image><item><title>Ex-government scientist pleads not guilty on attempted espionage charge</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/CRIME/10/29/scientist.espionage.charge/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/CRIME/10/29/scientist.espionage.charge/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>A former U.S. government scientist who served in sensitive positions on classified aerospace projects pleaded not guilty to attempted espionage Thursday.</description><pubDate>Fri, 30 Oct 2009 00:34:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Ex-government scientist in court on attempted espionage charge</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/CRIME/10/20/espionage.charge/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/CRIME/10/20/espionage.charge/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>A former U.S. government scientist who served in sensitive positions on classified aerospace projects was willing to sell "some of our most guarded secrets" a prosecutor alleged Tuesday.</description><pubDate>Tue, 20 Oct 2009 22:05:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Scientist charged with improperly passing on classified information</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/CRIME/10/19/u.s.espionage.charge.israel/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/CRIME/10/19/u.s.espionage.charge.israel/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>A former U.S. government scientist who served in sensitive positions on classified aerospace projects has been arrested and charged with trying to deliver classified information to someone he thought was an Israeli intelligence official.</description><pubDate>Tue, 20 Oct 2009 02:32:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Scientists hope work with poison gas can be a lifesaver</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/HEALTH/10/09/cheating.death.suspended.animation/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/HEALTH/10/09/cheating.death.suspended.animation/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>A wiry, slightly hunched man presses in a few numbers, the electronic lock gives way with a beep and the group presses into the crowded laboratory, plastered with ominous warnings about toxins and biohazards.</description><pubDate>Mon, 19 Oct 2009 21:24:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Space elevator chase yields Earthly rewards</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/2009/08/13/smallbusiness/space_elevator.smb/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/2009/08/13/smallbusiness/space_elevator.smb/index.htm</guid><description>On an April day in Boulder, Colo., Michael Laine sat onstage in front of a large audience, struggling to hold back tears. That afternoon he was supposed to be presenting to the attendees of the Conference on World Affairs, but at the moment, Laine was finding it hard to concentrate. "Two hours ago I lost a $3 million building," he declared to the room. "And now I don't have a place to live."</description><pubDate>Sat, 15 Aug 2009 16:09:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>How robot drones revolutionized the face of warfare</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/americas/07/23/wus.warfare.remote.uav/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/americas/07/23/wus.warfare.remote.uav/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Barely an hour's drive from the casinos of Las Vegas, a group of unassuming buildings have become as important as the trenches were to WWI. The big difference? Today's warriors are fighting without getting in harm's way, using drones to attack targets in Afghanistan and Pakistan.</description><pubDate>Mon, 27 Jul 2009 01:55:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Remote warfare ushers new kind of stress</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/americas/07/23/wus.warfare.pilots.uav/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/americas/07/23/wus.warfare.pilots.uav/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>The Pentagon has revolutionized warfare during the past decade, making unmanned aerial vehicles, known as UAVs, a staple of modern combat in Afghanistan and Iraq.</description><pubDate>Fri, 24 Jul 2009 03:15:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Obama's bid to shoot down U.S. jet fighter</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/07/03/pm.obama.fighterjet/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/07/03/pm.obama.fighterjet/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>President Barack Obama has accomplished some extraordinary things but can he really shoot down a fighter jet?</description><pubDate>Fri, 03 Jul 2009 13:18:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Investigation finds U.S. military hardware easy to buy, ship</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/06/04/us.military.weapons/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/06/04/us.military.weapons/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Military hardware that can be used in nuclear devices and ground fighting can be easily purchased In the United States and shipped overseas, a government investigation revealed Thursday.</description><pubDate>Thu, 04 Jun 2009 22:48:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Indian fighter jet crashes, pilot killed</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/04/30/india.military/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/04/30/india.military/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>An Indian fighter jet crashed in the country's west Thursday, killing one of its two pilots, air force officials said.</description><pubDate>Thu, 30 Apr 2009 08:33:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Hackers stole data on Pentagon's newest fighter jet</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/US/04/21/pentagon.hacked/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/US/04/21/pentagon.hacked/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Thousands of confidential files on the U.S. military's most technologically advanced fighter aircraft have been compromised by unknown computer hackers over the past two years, according to senior defense officials.</description><pubDate>Tue, 21 Apr 2009 20:42:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Mystery over fate of N. Korean rocket</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/04/05/nk.questions/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/04/05/nk.questions/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>By all accounts, North Korea launched a long-range rocket on Sunday, ignoring international warnings against doing so. The question is: Where's the payload?</description><pubDate>Tue, 07 Apr 2009 01:01:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Amanpour: Why did North Korea launch rocket?</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/04/06/amanpour.north.korea.rocket/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/04/06/amanpour.north.korea.rocket/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>After a three-hour emergency session Sunday, the United Nations Security Council failed to come to any agreement on how to deal with North Korea's rocket launch over the weekend.</description><pubDate>Mon, 06 Apr 2009 17:31:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>No accord at U.N. talks on N. Korea</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/04/05/nkorea.worldreax/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/04/05/nkorea.worldreax/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>An emergency meeting of the U.N. Security Council concluded Sunday without an official reaction to North Korea ignoring repeated international warnings and launching a long-range rocket, the council president told reporters.</description><pubDate>Mon, 06 Apr 2009 05:18:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>'Satisfaction' from Kim over N. Korea launch</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/04/05/north.korea.rocket/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/04/05/north.korea.rocket/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>North Korean leader Kim Jong-Il expressed "great satisfaction" Sunday after his reclusive state launched a long-range rocket, according to state-run media.</description><pubDate>Mon, 06 Apr 2009 02:01:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>iPhoto update helps show merits of geotagging</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/TECH/01/07/photo.geotagging/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/TECH/01/07/photo.geotagging/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>With its launch of iPhoto 09, Apple has begun showing some reasons why it's worth enduring the hassle of geotagging your photos.</description><pubDate>Wed, 07 Jan 2009 14:55:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>From military device to life-saving surgery tool</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2008/HEALTH/12/19/laser.surgery/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2008/HEALTH/12/19/laser.surgery/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>A new tool that allows doctors to use laser surgery in complex operations has been hailed as a breakthrough in minimally invasive laser technology.</description><pubDate>Wed, 24 Dec 2008 09:36:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Navy missile intercept successful</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2008/US/06/06/missile.test/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2008/US/06/06/missile.test/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>The U.S. military intercepted a ballistic missile Thursday in the first such sea-based test since a Navy cruiser shot down an errant satellite earlier this year.</description><pubDate>Fri, 06 Jun 2008 11:47:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Unleashing the Bugs of War</title><link>http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1732226,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</link><guid>http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1732226,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</guid><description>U.S. military scientists are developing half-machine, half-insect creatures to collect intelligence behind enemy lines
</description><pubDate>Fri, 18 Apr 2008 16:00:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Marines want probe into armored vehicle program delays</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/02/26/iraq.main/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/02/26/iraq.main/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Casualties could have been reduced by half among Marines in Iraq if specially armored vehicles had been deployed more quickly in some cases, a report to the Pentagon says.</description><pubDate>Tue, 26 Feb 2008 16:45:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Gulf airlines sign mass aircraft orders</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/2007/11/11/news/companies/gulf_airlines/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/2007/11/11/news/companies/gulf_airlines/index.htm</guid><description>Gulf Arab airlines announced orders for some 140 aircraft at the opening of the Dubai Airshow on Sunday in deals valued at almost $40 billion.</description><pubDate>Sun, 11 Nov 2007 19:06:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Doubts About a New Armored Vehicle</title><link>http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1674270,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</link><guid>http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1674270,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</guid><description>Troops in Iraq are getting a fresh load of MRAPs for protection. But will new enemy technology make them obsolete?</description><pubDate>Mon, 22 Oct 2007 15:00:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>NTSB examines drone safety, issues recommendations</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/10/16/ntsb.unmanned.vehicles/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/10/16/ntsb.unmanned.vehicles/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Pilot error was to blame in the April 2006 crash of an unmanned aircraft, despite the fact no pilot was on board, the National Transportation Safety Board said in its accident report issued Tuesday -- the NTSB's first-ever investigation into an incident involving a drone.</description><pubDate>Wed, 17 Oct 2007 03:15:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>U.S. to keep tighter rein on military exports</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/10/11/arms.exports/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/10/11/arms.exports/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>The illegal export of U.S. military technology to Iran and China poses a growing threat, the Justice Department said Thursday as it announced plans to combat the practice.</description><pubDate>Thu, 11 Oct 2007 17:02:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>UK jets greet Russian bombers</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/europe/08/22/bomber.patrol/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/europe/08/22/bomber.patrol/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>New photos released this week show British air force jets shadowing Russian bombers over the North Atlantic Ocean in scenes that echo the Cold War and highlight Moscow's growing assertiveness.</description><pubDate>Thu, 23 Aug 2007 02:01:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Georgia: Russia bombed village</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/europe/08/07/russia.georgia/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/europe/08/07/russia.georgia/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>A pair of Russian fighter jets violated Georgian airspace firing a missile that landed near a village northwest of the capital, Tbilisi, Georgian authorities said. There were no casualties.</description><pubDate>Wed, 08 Aug 2007 06:08:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Robotics discovers its soft side</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2007/TECH/science/04/10/fs.robots/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2007/TECH/science/04/10/fs.robots/index.html</guid><description>If your idea of a robot is a metal-plated humanoid jerkily walking into walls then think again. Scientist are creating a new generation of "soft" machines that can change their shape and size, move in ever more agile ways and even split themselves into smaller robots.</description><pubDate>Tue, 10 Apr 2007 10:09:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Unmanned plane finds child sex abuse suspect</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/03/22/plane.border/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/03/22/plane.border/index.html</guid><description>An unmanned plane helped border agents net a man wanted on child sex abuse charges in Washington state, federal officials said Thursday.</description><pubDate>Thu, 22 Mar 2007 22:57:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>House security chief: Pelosi didn't ask for plane; I did</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/02/09/pelosi.plane/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/02/09/pelosi.plane/index.html</guid><description>House Speaker Nancy Pelosi did not request a larger plane for personal use to travel cross-country without stopping, Bill Livingood, the House sergeant at arms, said Thursday.</description><pubDate>Fri, 09 Feb 2007 13:10:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Sources: 'Friendly fire' video will go to UK coroner</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/europe/02/06/iraq.video/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/europe/02/06/iraq.video/index.html</guid><description>The U.S. Central Command judge advocate general has authorized the release of the cockpit video from a U.S. fighter jet involved in a friendly fire incident in Iraq nearly four years ago, Pentagon officials told CNN.</description><pubDate>Tue, 06 Feb 2007 09:56:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Supercomputers to the rescue</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/2006/11/28/technology/supercomputers/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/2006/11/28/technology/supercomputers/index.htm</guid><description>Supercomputers don't come draped in a cape or tights, but they're heroic 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city</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2006/TECH/science/11/13/fs.robotcars/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2006/TECH/science/11/13/fs.robotcars/index.html</guid><description>A car that can drive itself is the fantasy of any designated driver, but the dream of owning a vehicle that does all the driving while you sit back and relax is one step closer to reality, as in-car artificial intelligence being developed by a team at Stanford University is ready to be used on city streets in the ultimate test of robot cars.</description><pubDate>Mon, 13 Nov 2006 17:56:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Yankees pitcher killed in crash of small plane in Manhattan</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2006/US/10/11/plane.crash/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2006/US/10/11/plane.crash/index.html</guid><description>Yankees pitcher Cory Lidle and his flight instructor were killed Wednesday when the 34-year-old ballplayer's plane crashed into a high-rise apartment building in New York, city and baseball team officials said.</description><pubDate>Wed, 11 Oct 2006 19:11:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>U.S. charges 8 over 'Tiger plot'</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2006/US/08/21/srilanka.terror/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2006/US/08/21/srilanka.terror/index.html</guid><description>Eight men have been charged with plotting to buy surface-to-air missiles for Sri Lanka's Tamil Tiger rebels, U.S. federal prosecutors have announced.</description><pubDate>Tue, 22 Aug 2006 00:25:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Fighter jets escort diverted flight to Boston </title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2006/TRAVEL/08/16/flight.diverted.scare/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2006/TRAVEL/08/16/flight.diverted.scare/index.html</guid><description>A woman whose altercation with passengers and crew led to the diversion of a trans-Atlantic passenger flight Wednesday will be detained and likely will face federal criminal charges, a U.S. federal prosecutor said.</description><pubDate>Wed, 16 Aug 2006 23:02:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Greek, Turkish fighter jets crash</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/europe/05/23/greece.crash/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/europe/05/23/greece.crash/index.html</guid><description>The body of a Greek pilot was found Tuesday, hours after his fighter jet collided with a Turkish F-16 during a mock dogfight over the southern Aegean Sea, according to Turkey's foreign ministry.</description><pubDate>Tue, 23 May 2006 10:44:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Giant C-5 military jet crashes in Delaware</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2006/US/04/03/c5.crash/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2006/US/04/03/c5.crash/index.html</guid><description>An Air Force C-5 cargo jet carrying 17 people crashed and broke into pieces Monday while trying to make an emergency landing near Dover Air Force Base in Delaware, Air Force and FAA officials said.</description><pubDate>Mon, 03 Apr 2006 12:26:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Slovak military plane crashes</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/europe/01/19/hungary.crash/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/europe/01/19/hungary.crash/index.html</guid><description>An AN-24 military plane believed to be carrying more than 40 Slovak soldiers  and crew members has crashed in rugged terrain in northern Hungary.</description><pubDate>Thu, 19 Jan 2006 21:43:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Military plane crashes in Iran</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/01/09/iran.crash/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/01/09/iran.crash/index.html</guid><description>A military plane with 11 passengers on board has crashed in northwestern Iran, killing a number of high-ranking officials in Iran's Revolutionary Guard Corps, Iran's state-run Islamic Republic News Agency (IRNA) reported.</description><pubDate>Mon, 09 Jan 2006 07:48:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Afghan bomb kills 2 U.S. soldiers</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/asiapcf/08/18/afghan.conflict/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/asiapcf/08/18/afghan.conflict/index.html</guid><description>An roadside bomb has hit a military armored vehicle north of Kandahar in southern Afghanistan, killing two U.S. soldiers and wounding two others, according to the coalition command in Kabul.</description><pubDate>Thu, 18 Aug 2005 11:25:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Air show disaster pilots jailed</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/europe/06/24/ukraine.airshow/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/europe/06/24/ukraine.airshow/index.html</guid><description>A military court in Ukraine has sentenced the pilots whose plane smashed into a crowd at a 2002 air show to up to 14 years in prison.</description><pubDate>Fri, 24 Jun 2005 14:01:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>White Knight carries X-37 aloft </title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2005/TECH/space/06/23/white.knight/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2005/TECH/space/06/23/white.knight/index.html</guid><description>The X-37 -- an unpiloted, reusable spaceplane -- made its first captive-carry flight today under the wings of the White Knight, flying above Mojave, California desert.</description><pubDate>Thu, 23 Jun 2005 18:19:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Diverted flight lands safely</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2005/TRAVEL/06/03/flight.diverted/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2005/TRAVEL/06/03/flight.diverted/index.html</guid><description>A Virgin Atlantic Airways flight from London to New York landed safely in New York late Friday afternoon after being escorted by Canadian F-18 fighter jets to Nova Scotia over what turned out to be a false alarm.</description><pubDate>Fri, 03 Jun 2005 14:43:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>White Knight prepares for new mission</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2005/TECH/space/05/31/white.knight/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2005/TECH/space/05/31/white.knight/index.html</guid><description>The innovative carrier plane used to air launch SpaceShipOne has a new mission. At the Mojave, California inland spaceport, the White Knight mothership has been involved in fit and high-speed taxi checks with a new passenger -- the X-37, an unpiloted, reusable space plane.</description><pubDate>Tue, 31 May 2005 13:26:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Enhancing the Warriors</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2005/05/30/8261230/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2005/05/30/8261230/index.htm</guid><description>Arguably the most aggressive pursuer of human enhancement is DARPA, the Pentagon's advanced research agency. In 2002 and 2003 it granted the author unusual access to many of its program managers an...</description><pubDate>Mon, 30 May 2005 04:01:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Red alert</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2005/US/05/11/red.alert/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2005/US/05/11/red.alert/index.html</guid><description>The alerts came suddenly and almost simultaneously.</description><pubDate>Wed, 11 May 2005 21:06:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>DOLITTLE'S RAIDERS</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2005/05/02/8258480/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2005/05/02/8258480/index.htm</guid><description>THERE'S A RAT LOOSE HERE at the Downstate Medical Center in Brooklyn, N.Y., and it's coming right at me. Suddenly it veers and goes back the way it came. Then it loops around and darts toward me ag...</description><pubDate>Mon, 02 May 2005 04:01:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>U.S. to sell F-16s to Pakistan</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2005/US/03/25/jet.sale/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2005/US/03/25/jet.sale/index.html</guid><description>Senior U.S. officials say a deal to sell F-16 fighter jets to Pakistan was approved and the United States will compete for contracts to provide Pakistan's nuclear rival India with the same jets.</description><pubDate>Fri, 25 Mar 2005 19:12:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Australia, U.S. talk on missiles</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/asiapcf/01/19/australia.us.defense/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/asiapcf/01/19/australia.us.defense/index.html</guid><description>Close allies Australia and the United States are continuing their talks on missile defense cooperation, concentrating on research and development, the Australian government said Thursday.</description><pubDate>Thu, 20 Jan 2005 00:48:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Listen to the people who got the election right</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2004/11/29/8192701/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2004/11/29/8192701/index.htm</guid><description>THE MAIN REASON PSYCHOTHERAPISTS ARE TREATING Kerry supporters for a new psychiatric disorder--post-election selection trauma, a Florida doctor calls it--is that on the morning of Nov. 2 many of th...</description><pubDate>Mon, 29 Nov 2004 05:01:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>U.S. to test weapons in Australia</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/asiapcf/11/04/australia.us.defense/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/asiapcf/11/04/australia.us.defense/index.html</guid><description>Australia's defense alliance with the United States may soon reach a new level with plans for the Pentagon to test new-generation weapons, including smart bombs, Down Under.</description><pubDate>Fri, 05 Nov 2004 02:43:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Candidates battle over national security </title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/10/23/election.main/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/10/23/election.main/index.html</guid><description>Sen. John Kerry and President Bush challenged each other's ability to protect the nation from terrorism at rallies in different corners of the country Saturday.</description><pubDate>Sat, 23 Oct 2004 04:31:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Plane diverted after bomb scare</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/europe/09/26/plane.alert/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/europe/09/26/plane.alert/index.html</guid><description>An Olympic Airlines flight from Athens to New York was diverted and given a military jet escort to London after a bomb scare.</description><pubDate>Sun, 26 Sep 2004 15:42:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Recent major Russian air crashes</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/europe/08/25/russia.crashes/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/europe/08/25/russia.crashes/index.html</guid><description>Here are details of some of the most serious crashes involving Russian planes in recent years, as reported by Reuters news agency:</description><pubDate>Wed, 25 Aug 2004 08:20:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Mine's Faster Than Yours Planemakers are trying to hatch an aircraft that no mogul could do without. Get ready for the supersoni</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2004/06/28/374394/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2004/06/28/374394/index.htm</guid><description>Mansions, supercars, and bespoke suits may be just fine, but in the world of "positional goods" it's hard to beat that most alluring of accessories, the business jet. Except with a faster business ...</description><pubDate>Mon, 28 Jun 2004 04:01:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Plane lands early after bomb threat </title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2004/US/South/05/27/plane.diversion/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2004/US/South/05/27/plane.diversion/index.html</guid><description>An American Airlines MD-83 jetliner on a flight from Dallas-Fort Worth to Boston landed in Nashville Thursday afternoon after a note was found saying a bomb or explosive was on board, a government source told CNN.</description><pubDate>Fri, 28 May 2004 01:49:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>New jets 'too heavy to take off'</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/europe/05/16/uk.carriers/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/europe/05/16/uk.carriers/index.html</guid><description>British defense chiefs have admitted to "concern" over a Â£5 billion ($8.77bn) order for U.S. fighter jets said to be too heavy to take off from Royal Navy ships.</description><pubDate>Sun, 16 May 2004 08:41:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Rolls-Royce returns to roots</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/europe/05/04/rolls.anniversary/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/europe/05/04/rolls.anniversary/index.html</guid><description>The carmaker Rolls-Royce is celebrating its centenary at the very spot where the company was founded.</description><pubDate>Tue, 04 May 2004 09:47:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Pilots die as fighter jets collide</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/europe/04/21/germany.crash/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/europe/04/21/germany.crash/index.html</guid><description>Two German Air Force pilots have been killed in a mid-air collision between two fighter jets over northern Germany, according to a military spokesman.</description><pubDate>Wed, 21 Apr 2004 09:28:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Iraq death toll rising</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/04/12/iraq.main.int/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/04/12/iraq.main.int/index.html</guid><description>Around 70 U.S.-led coalition troops and around 700 Iraqi insurgents have been killed in fighting across Iraq since April 1, according to U.S. Brig. Gen. Mark Kimmitt.</description><pubDate>Mon, 12 Apr 2004 05:27:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Nerves rattled by military jets over Capitol</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2004/US/04/06/dc.flyover/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2004/US/04/06/dc.flyover/index.html</guid><description>The sight of military jets flying low over the U.S. Capitol and the National Mall rattled some nerves Tuesday.</description><pubDate>Tue, 06 Apr 2004 22:20:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>eBaywatch: The Other Jet Blue</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/moneymag/moneymag_archive/2004/04/01/365050/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/moneymag/moneymag_archive/2004/04/01/365050/index.htm</guid><description>If President Bush is looking for a way to pay down the federal deficit, maybe he should take a lesson from Mike Landa, an aircraft broker in Arlington, Wash. Landa auctioned via eBay a scrapped F/A...</description><pubDate>Thu, 01 Apr 2004 05:01:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Navy fighter jet crashes in North Carolina</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2004/US/South/03/26/plane.crash/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2004/US/South/03/26/plane.crash/index.html</guid><description>A Navy F/A-18C fighter jet crashed Friday while taking off from Raleigh-Durham International Airport in North Carolina, an airport spokeswoman said.</description><pubDate>Fri, 26 Mar 2004 21:04:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Robots fail to complete Grand Challenge</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2004/TECH/ptech/03/14/darpa.race/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2004/TECH/ptech/03/14/darpa.race/index.html</guid><description>Nobody won. Nobody even came close.</description><pubDate>Sun, 14 Mar 2004 07:29:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>15 teams qualify for Mojave robot race</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2004/TECH/ptech/03/12/darpa.race/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2004/TECH/ptech/03/12/darpa.race/index.html</guid><description>Of more than 100 entries, only 15 robotic vehicles, ranging from a motorcycle to a mega-military truck, made the final cut.</description><pubDate>Fri, 12 Mar 2004 19:49:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>4 dead in San Diego military plane crash</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2004/US/West/03/11/plane.crash/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2004/US/West/03/11/plane.crash/index.html</guid><description>A military plane crashed Wednesday night about a half-mile short of the runway as it attempted to land at the Marine Corps Air Station Miramar in San Diego, California, killing all four aboard, authorities said.</description><pubDate>Thu, 11 Mar 2004 17:32:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Flying without a pilot</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/asiapcf/03/11/unmanned.aerial.vehicles/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/asiapcf/03/11/unmanned.aerial.vehicles/index.html</guid><description>Unmanned aerial vehicles, or UAVs, made their first appearance at the Asian Aerospace air show in Singapore recently.</description><pubDate>Thu, 11 Mar 2004 07:40:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Canberra tightens U.S. army ties</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/asiapcf/03/09/australia.tanks/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/asiapcf/03/09/australia.tanks/index.html</guid><description>Australia's military alliance with the United States has drawn ever closer following a decision by Canberra to buy nearly 60 Abrams tanks from the U.S.</description><pubDate>Wed, 10 Mar 2004 04:03:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Desert derby to find top battlefield bot</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2004/TECH/ptech/03/09/darpa.race/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2004/TECH/ptech/03/09/darpa.race/index.html</guid><description>A million bucks.</description><pubDate>Tue, 09 Mar 2004 22:01:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Gentlemen, Start Your Robots Next month, about 20 teams will race their autonomous cars across the deserts east of Los Angeles. </title><link>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fsb/fsb_archive/2004/02/01/360640/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fsb/fsb_archive/2004/02/01/360640/index.htm</guid><description>Brian Gregory lives on a quiet, family-friendly street in Newbury Park, a leafy, lazy California suburb. He sports a beard, geeky glasses, and a small paunch. He does not, by any stretch, look like...</description><pubDate>Sun, 01 Feb 2004 05:01:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Three firms to research SAM defense for airliners</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2004/US/01/06/missile.defense/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2004/US/01/06/missile.defense/index.html</guid><description>The Department of Homeland Security announced Tuesday that it has selected three companies to continue research into ways to thwart shoulder-fired missile attacks on U.S. commercial aircraft.</description><pubDate>Tue, 06 Jan 2004 22:50:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Extra security after passenger jacket raises concern</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2004/US/01/06/french.flight/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2004/US/01/06/french.flight/index.html</guid><description>A Delta Air Lines flight from Paris landed in Cincinnati without incident Tuesday afternoon after wiring in a woman's heated jacket prompted security concerns in France, U.S. government sources said.</description><pubDate>Tue, 06 Jan 2004 19:52:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>BA axes flights amid security fear</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2004/US/01/02/plane.screened/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2004/US/01/02/plane.screened/index.html</guid><description>British Airways has canceled one of its three daily flights from London to Washington for a second straight day and another flight to Saudi Arabia because of security fears.</description><pubDate>Fri, 02 Jan 2004 06:37:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Alaska oil transfers resume after temporary security shutdown</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2004/US/West/01/01/alaska.oil.shipments/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2004/US/West/01/01/alaska.oil.shipments/index.html</guid><description>The transfer of oil onto tankers at Alaska's port of Valdez resumed Thursday after a temporary shutdown which the U.S. Coast Guard attributed to the nation's elevated threat level, a spokesman told CNN.</description><pubDate>Thu, 01 Jan 2004 19:57:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>The Man Who Would Have Us Bet On Terrorism--Not To             Mention Discard Democracy And Cryogenically Freeze Our           </title><link>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2003/09/15/349149/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2003/09/15/349149/index.htm</guid><description>Robin Hanson is a married, 44-year-old father of two who teaches economics at George Mason University, a commuter school with aspirations that's plunked amid the affluent sprawl of northern Virgini...</description><pubDate>Mon, 15 Sep 2003 04:01:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>The Pentagon's Venture Capitalists</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/business2/business2_archive/2003/04/01/339824/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/business2/business2_archive/2003/04/01/339824/index.htm</guid><description>Shortly after the Russians launched Sputnik in 1957, the United States scrambled to form the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency. Its mandate: Don't let anyone undermine America's technologic...</description><pubDate>Tue, 01 Apr 2003 05:01:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Steve Sliwa President--INSITU GROUP</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fsb/fsb_archive/2002/11/01/331993/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fsb/fsb_archive/2002/11/01/331993/index.htm</guid><description>Growth engine </description><pubDate>Fri, 01 Nov 2002 05:01:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Build To Order: One Aircraft Carrier Here's why it takes more than seven years to make the world's most complicated manufactured</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2002/07/22/326287/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2002/07/22/326287/index.htm</guid><description>It's the most technologically challenging, toughest-to-manufacture product. It delivers more striking power than the combined navy and air forces of most nations. It's the nuclear-powered, Nimitz-c...</description><pubDate>Mon, 22 Jul 2002 04:01:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>See This Goop? It Kills Anthrax And the tiny biotech             startup that invented it has been thrust into a national       </title><link>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2001/11/12/313292/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2001/11/12/313292/index.htm</guid><description>Inside the plain little container I'm looking at may just be our best stopgap against bioterror. Dr. James Baker, chief scientist at the Ann Arbor, Mich., biotech firm NanoBio, holds up the bottle ...</description><pubDate>Mon, 12 Nov 2001 05:01:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>AIR POWER WARPLANE CONTRACTS GIVE A LIFT TO THE NEW AEROSPACE CONGLOMERATES THE PENTAGON WANTS TO BUY SNAZZY NEW FIGHTERS BY THE</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1997/07/07/228628/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1997/07/07/228628/index.htm</guid><description>So rapidly has the defense industry shrunk in recent years that "consolidation" sometimes seemed a polite way of saying "collapse," as one famous name after another disappeared into a black hole. B...</description><pubDate>Mon, 07 Jul 1997 04:01:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>WHAT'S NEXT FOR THE DEFENSE INDUSTRY The Pentagon's shrinking budget will spur more big mergers, renewed migration into civilian</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1993/02/22/77524/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1993/02/22/77524/index.htm</guid><description>WHAT DO YOU DO when your business starts catching flak? ''I used to be a pilot,'' says Renso Caporali, CEO of Grumman, which delivered its last F-14 seven months ago -- and currently has no orders ...</description><pubDate>Mon, 22 Feb 1993 05:01:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>THE 10,000-MPH AIRLINER Aviation stands on the threshold of a new giant leap: hypersonic flight. Aerospace and other companies a</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1986/12/08/68392/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1986/12/08/68392/index.htm</guid><description>AROUND THE COUNTRY wind tunnels are rumbling, computers whirring, construction workers expanding test buildings. From NASA's Langley Research Center in Virginia and Edwards Air Force Base in Southe...</description><pubDate>Mon, 08 Dec 1986 05:01:00 EST</pubDate></item></channel></rss>