<?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1" ?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>washingtonpost.com - Defense/ Aerospace</title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/business/industries/defense?nav=rss_business/industries/defense</link><description>Defense/ Aerospace</description><language>en-us</language><ttl>15</ttl><image><title>washingtonpost.com</title><width>140</width><height>20</height><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com</link><url>http://media.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/hp/image/wp_web.gif</url></image><item><title><![CDATA[Planned Realignment of Troops Criticized]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A41479-2005May6.html?nav=rss_business/industries/defense</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A41479-2005May6.html?nav=rss_business/industries/defense</guid><pubDate>Fri, 6 May 2005 20:06:51 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ An extensive and costly realignment of U.S. troops and bases overseas  --  if implemented on the Pentagon's ambitious timeline  --  risks exacerbating stress on the military and weakening its ability to respond to global emergencies, according to a government-appointed commission's report released yesterday.]]></description><author> Ann Scott Tyson</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[General Demoted, But Cleared in Abuse Probe]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A41489-2005May6.html?nav=rss_business/industries/defense</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A41489-2005May6.html?nav=rss_business/industries/defense</guid><pubDate>Fri, 6 May 2005 20:06:51 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ President Bush approved yesterday an order demoting Army Reserve Brig. Gen. Janis L. Karpinski, the only general to be punished in connection with investigations into detainee abuse at U.S. military prisons.]]></description><author> Josh White</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Lawyer Withdraws From England's Defense Team]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A41490-2005May6.html?nav=rss_business/industries/defense</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A41490-2005May6.html?nav=rss_business/industries/defense</guid><pubDate>Fri, 6 May 2005 20:06:51 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ Pfc. Lynndie R. England's civilian lawyer has stepped down from her defense team after representing her against prison abuse charges for a year, citing the financial burden of working on the high-profile case for free.]]></description><author> Josh White</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Insurgents Using U.S. Techniques]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A32839-2005May3.html?nav=rss_business/industries/defense</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A32839-2005May3.html?nav=rss_business/industries/defense</guid><pubDate>Fri, 6 May 2005 20:06:51 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[  FORT MONMOUTH, N.J.  --  In 1965, the U.S. Army published a detailed manual on how to build and hide booby traps, complete with detailed diagrams illustrating various means of wiring detonators to explosives, and advising on the best locations for concealing the deadly bombs along roadways and elsewhere.]]></description><author> Bradley Graham  and Dana Priest</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Army Private Pleads Guilty to Prison Abuse]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A32910-2005May3.html?nav=rss_business/industries/defense</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A32910-2005May3.html?nav=rss_business/industries/defense</guid><pubDate>Fri, 6 May 2005 20:06:51 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ FORT HOOD, Tex., May 2  --  Army Pfc. Lynndie R. England formally pleaded guilty Monday to mistreating inmates at Iraq's Abu Ghraib prison, with many of the seven counts related to her appearance in some of the most graphic photographs of the abuse that shocked the world last spring.]]></description><author> T.R. Reid</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Wars Strain U.S. Military Capability, Pentagon Reports]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A32786-2005May3.html?nav=rss_business/industries/defense</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A32786-2005May3.html?nav=rss_business/industries/defense</guid><pubDate>Fri, 6 May 2005 20:06:51 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ The Defense Department acknowledged yesterday that the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan have stressed the U.S. military to a point where it is at higher risk of less swiftly and easily defeating potential foes, though officials maintained that U.S. forces could handle any military threat that presents itself.]]></description><author> Josh White  and Ann Scott Tyson</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[England to Plead Guilty in Abu Ghraib Abuse Case]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A27187-2005Apr30.html?nav=rss_business/industries/defense</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A27187-2005Apr30.html?nav=rss_business/industries/defense</guid><pubDate>Fri, 6 May 2005 20:06:51 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ Pfc. Lynndie R. England, the woman seen holding an Iraqi prisoner on a leash in the iconic photo from the Abu Ghraib prison, will plead guilty to seven charges stemming from abuse of prisoners there, her attorney said  yesterday.]]></description><author> T.R. Reid and Josh White</author></item><item><title><![CDATA['Bunker Buster' Casualty Risk Cited]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A21668-2005Apr28.html?nav=rss_business/industries/defense</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A21668-2005Apr28.html?nav=rss_business/industries/defense</guid><pubDate>Fri, 6 May 2005 20:06:51 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[  Earth-penetrating nuclear bombs would be capable of destroying military targets deep underground, but not without inflicting "massive casualties at ground level," according to a congressionally mandated study released yesterday.]]></description><author> Ann Scott Tyson</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[$15 Billion Contract in Jeopardy]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A18763-2005Apr27.html?nav=rss_business/industries/defense</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A18763-2005Apr27.html?nav=rss_business/industries/defense</guid><pubDate>Fri, 6 May 2005 20:06:51 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ The Pentagon has warned Boeing Co. that it might terminate the company's contract to replace the more than 100,000 radios in Army vehicles and helicopters, a $15 billion program considered critical to the Army's modernization program.]]></description><author> Renae Merle</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Rights Groups Reject Prison Abuse Findings]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A12400-2005Apr23.html?nav=rss_business/industries/defense</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A12400-2005Apr23.html?nav=rss_business/industries/defense</guid><pubDate>Fri, 6 May 2005 20:06:51 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[  Human rights groups  expressed dismay yesterday over the Army's findings exonerating U.S. generals of prisoner abuse in Iraq, and renewed requests for an independent probe to examine the culpability of senior military and civilian defense officials.]]></description><author> Josh White</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Senior Army Officers Are Cleared in Abuse Cases]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A10546-2005Apr22.html?nav=rss_business/industries/defense</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A10546-2005Apr22.html?nav=rss_business/industries/defense</guid><pubDate>Fri, 6 May 2005 20:06:51 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[An Army inspector general's report has cleared senior Army officers of wrongdoing in the abuse of military prisoners in Iraq and elsewhere.]]></description><author> Josh White</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Army Soldier Is Convicted In Attack on Fellow Troops]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A7210-2005Apr21.html?nav=rss_business/industries/defense</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A7210-2005Apr21.html?nav=rss_business/industries/defense</guid><pubDate>Fri, 6 May 2005 20:06:51 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ An Army sergeant who wanted to stop U.S. troops from killing his fellow Muslims was convicted by a military jury yesterday of murdering two colleagues and wounding 14 other soldiers in a chaotic grenade and rifle attack two days after the United States invaded Iraq.]]></description><author> Manuel Roig-Franzia</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Bush to Name Marine  To Lead Joint Chiefs]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A2642-2005Apr19.html?nav=rss_business/industries/defense</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A2642-2005Apr19.html?nav=rss_business/industries/defense</guid><pubDate>Fri, 6 May 2005 20:06:51 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ President Bush intends to name Marine Gen. Peter Pace the next chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, officials said yesterday, replacing Air Force Gen. Richard B. Myers, whose term ends this autumn.]]></description><author> Bradley Graham</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Levin Assails Officials' Post-Resignation Roles]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A2638-2005Apr19.html?nav=rss_business/industries/defense</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A2638-2005Apr19.html?nav=rss_business/industries/defense</guid><pubDate>Fri, 6 May 2005 20:06:51 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Pentagon plan to allow senior defense official to remain involved in a major internal review of missions and weapons after he leaves the Defense Department later this year draws complaints.]]></description><author> Bradley Graham</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Military Jet Faces a Long Struggle to Fit In]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A63909-2005Apr18.html?nav=rss_business/industries/defense</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A63909-2005Apr18.html?nav=rss_business/industries/defense</guid><pubDate>Fri, 6 May 2005 20:06:51 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[The question facing the Pentagon and Congress is whether the F/A-22 Raptor's advanced features are enough to justify a more than $70 billion investment at the same time the military is stretched thin.]]></description><author> Renae Merle</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Lasers to Signal Airspace Violations]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A57641-2005Apr15.html?nav=rss_business/industries/defense</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A57641-2005Apr15.html?nav=rss_business/industries/defense</guid><pubDate>Fri, 6 May 2005 20:06:51 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[The U.S. military will begin using an elaborate network of cameras and lasers next month to scan the sky over Washington and warn aircraft that enter the nation's most restricted metropolitan airspace.]]></description><author> Sara Kehaulani Goo</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Widened Veterans' Benefits Supported]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A51388-2005Apr13.html?nav=rss_business/industries/defense</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A51388-2005Apr13.html?nav=rss_business/industries/defense</guid><pubDate>Fri, 6 May 2005 20:06:51 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[The Senate expanded veterans benefits Wednesday as part of an emergency war spending bill, although a battle over unrelated immigration issues is threatening to delay final passage of the legislation for days.]]></description><author> Shailagh Murray</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Guantanamo Detainee Suing U.S. to Get Video of Alleged Torture]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A51466-2005Apr13.html?nav=rss_business/industries/defense</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A51466-2005Apr13.html?nav=rss_business/industries/defense</guid><pubDate>Fri, 6 May 2005 20:06:51 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[  A detainee at a U.S. military prison alleges that U.S. military guards jumped on his head until he had a stroke that paralyzed his face, nearly drowned him in a toilet and later broke several of his fingers, according to a lawsuit filed yesterday in federal court.]]></description><author> Carol Leonnig</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Air Force to Require Lockheed Cost Details]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A51773-2005Apr13.html?nav=rss_business/industries/defense</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A51773-2005Apr13.html?nav=rss_business/industries/defense</guid><pubDate>Fri, 6 May 2005 20:06:51 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ The Air Force said yesterday it is restructuring its C-130J transport plane program to gain more cost and pricing information from Lockheed Martin Corp.]]></description><author> Renae Merle</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Interactive Video Used To Train Officers for Iraq]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A48355-2005Apr12.html?nav=rss_business/industries/defense</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A48355-2005Apr12.html?nav=rss_business/industries/defense</guid><pubDate>Fri, 6 May 2005 20:06:51 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Gator Six is more dazzling than a PowerPoint presentation, yet not quite a video game. It's a collection of 260 video clips on two CDs that, in essence, serve as an interactive film of the Iraq war.<br><FONT face="verdana,MS Sans Serif,arial,helvetica" size="-2" color="#666666"><B>-The Washington Post</b></font>]]></description><author> Jose Antonio Vargas</author></item></channel></rss>