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9 AMERICA AEROSPACE October 2011 OCTOBER 2011 A conversation with Roger Crone Airships on the rise A PUBLICATION OF THE AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF AERONAUTICS AND ASTRONAUTICS The Fundamentals of Aircraft Combat Survivabilityy Analysis and Design, Second Editionon Winner of Best the Summerfield Seller! Book Award Ball illustrates clearly the The only book on the “ complexity of dealing “ aircraft survivability with an attack on discipline that speaks to aircraft …. Although both the operator and the publication focuses the engineer. The bible ROBERT E. 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Canan airsHips oN tHe rise 28 Airships are evolving into huge platforms capable of operating in wide networks and providing broad battlefield views. by J.R. Wilson perspeCtives oN tHe rus-M Booster projeCt 36 Plans for building Rus-M, Russia’s next-generation crew-carrying space booster, face mounting problems. Page 18 by James Oberg BulletiN aiaa Meeting schedule B2 aiaa News B5 Meetings programs B16 Calls for papers B23 Cover at the command post of the North american air defense Command Cheyenne Mountain Complex, workers must be vigilant against cyber attacks. read about cybersecurity measures on page 22. Page 28 Aerospace America (ISSN 0740-722X) is published monthly, except August, by the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Inc. at 1801 Alexander Bell Drive, Reston, Va. 20191-4344 [703/264-7500]. Subscription rate is 50% of dues for AIAA members (and is not deductible therefrom). Nonmember subscription price: U.S. and Canada, $163, foreign, $200. 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