Bibliografía: al final de cada artículo Notas. al pie de texto MARKET FOCUS Smallsat expertise.p .10 NEWS BREAKS 787's deadlines. p.14 Scientists will get. p.16 Italian air force. p.17 Italian general aviation. p.18 WORLD NEWS & ANALYSIS Btighter prospect / Micahel A Taverna. p.20 Russia seeks / Alexey Komarov and Michael A Taverna. p.22 Orders for powerfull / Michael A Taverna. p.23 Startdus mission / Guy Norris. p.24 Ground - based / Frank Morring JR. p.26 Manufacturing defect / Amy Butler. p.28 As NATO summit / Douglas Barrie. p.29 France to push / Michael A Taverna and Robert Wall. p.30 U.K to explore / Douglas Barrie. p.35 EADS renews / Michael A Taverna and Robert Wall. p.36 Key improvement / Guy Norris. p.36 AIR TRANSPORT Air China poised / Brandley Perret. p.38 BA inches foward / Robert Wall. p.39 Boieng achieves / Michael Mecham. p.40 UPS receives / David Hughes. p.41 Low-fare carriers / Jens Flottau and Robert Wall. p.42 Boeing says it will / David Hughes and Michael Mecham. p.43 Airbus bets on / Robert Wall. p.44 Airbus tries / Robert Wall. p.46 Airbus's new visoin / Robert Wall. p.48 SPACE TECHNOLOGY Corot mission / Michael A Taverna. p.49 Shuttle retirement / Kasuki Shiibashi. p.50 FACE TO FACE Key to Steve Nixon's. p.51 LAUREATES 2008 AVIATION WEEK nominates. p.53 VIEWPOINT Aviation's newx group. p.62