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Military & Aerospace Electronics September 2007	In Brief Boeing awarded U.S. Marine Corps contract to extend ScanEagle services... Lockheed Martin completes test of Space-Based Infrared System... London defense show set for September 2007... etc.
Military & Aerospace Electronics May 2006	Optoelectronics briefs TSAT laser communications development passes crucial milestone... QuickSwitch MEMS-based fiber-optic mirror switch provides gigabyte network switching... L-3 Communications to acquire SSG Precision Optronics... etc.
Military & Aerospace Electronics June 2004 J.R. Wilson	Military Services Eye Nuclear, Biological, Chemical Detection While efforts are in progress to improve the ability to detect and deter intruders at military installations, a separate set of programs is tackling how to detect and respond to an attack involving chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear or explosive agents.
Military & Aerospace Electronics January 2005 Ben Ames	Optical sensors light up the battlefield Tomorrow's sensors will be modular, digital, fused, and networked
National Defense November 2009 Erwin, Jean & Magnuson	Today's Fights Expose Technological Weak Spots Disruptive challenges, such as roadside bombs, combatants camouflaged as civilians, and insurgent camps that are undetectable by electronic sensors, have forced U.S. military leaders to search for new tactics and technologies.
Military & Aerospace Electronics July 2009 J.R. Wilson	Unmanned Aerial Vehicles Get Ready for Prime Time Government leaders are supportive of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) use in non-military applications such as border control, emergency response, law enforcement, and forest fire surveillance.
Military & Aerospace Electronics April 2007 John McHale	Sensitive and Tireless: High-Endurance UAVs Sense What Men Cannot Sensors for unmanned aircraft are evolving in efficiency and capability as payload designers look for every possible edge in surveillance, combat, and collision avoidance.
Military & Aerospace Electronics January 2005	Optoelectronics Help Special Forces Shoot Farther and More Accurately Optoelectronic devices such as laser sights, binoculars, and infrared sensors are enabling the transformation of American special operations forces to deploy and execute their missions more quickly and more efficiently than ever before.
Military & Aerospace Electronics March 2006	In Brief Coast Guard names first national security cutter... General Dynamics delivers first production Stryker NBC Reconnaissance vehicles... ThalesRaytheonSystems' Battle Control System-Fixed passes U.S. Air Force interoperability tests... etc.
Military & Aerospace Electronics February 2008 Courtney E. Howard	Smart Sensors Homeland security and military personnel increasingly rely on intelligent sensor technology for surveillance and electronic intelligence.
National Defense April 2007 Stew Magnuson	Defense, Law-Enforcement Agencies Seek Advanced Surveillance Tools Suicide bombers, improvised explosive devices and the threats of chemical or biological weapons are creating increased demand for cutting edge technologies that can detect or survey potential hazards from stand-off distances.
Military & Aerospace Electronics August 2009 John Keller	Network-Centric Warfare Airborne Military Communications Links Approved for Deployment U.S. Air Force officials are planning to switch an airborne military communications networking link from prototype stage to deployment, which will provide a tactical gateway that links fighting forces in the field.
Military & Aerospace Electronics December 2007	In Brief Boeing teams with Northrop Grumman to develop B-52H Core Component Jammer... Fourth modernized Lockheed Martin GPS satellite launched.. Northrop Grumman introduces Geospatial Data Appliance for defense and intelligence operations... etc.
Military & Aerospace Electronics December 2004	In Brief Radstone to open engineering center in U.S... First production Global Hawk UAV arrives at its new base... DRS gets orders for advanced military communications systems... RAE Systems wins military contract for fuel tank monitors... Northrop Grumman achieves SEI Level 5 software rating... etc.
Military & Aerospace Electronics November 2005	In brief U.S. Army awards contract for next-generation thermal weapon sights... Contract awarded for aerostat system... NASA selects software vendor for software for certification & accreditation... U.S. Navy award Advanced Display System contracts... etc.
Military & Aerospace Electronics September 2005	In Brief BAE systems to develop on-board generator for Humvee... Navy P-3C aircraft use data link from Lockheed Martin... Northrop Grumman tests software for Webb Space Telescope... Air Force eyes state-of-the-art jet fighter targeting pods... etc.
Military & Aerospace Electronics November 2006	In Brief Northrop Grumman to provide software support for maritime command and control system... ACT/TECHNICO improves security for PMC form-factor... Lockheed Martin awarded $120 million to develop enhanced counterfire target acquisition radar... etc.
National Defense November 2012 Erwin et al.	Top Five Threats to National Security in the Coming Decade The next wave of national security threats might be more than the technology community can handle. They are complex, multidimensional problems against which no degree of U.S. technical superiority in stealth, fifth-generation air warfare or night-vision is likely to suffice.
National Defense November 2007 Stew Magnuson	Military Identity Technology Leaps Ahead of Policies To help fight the Iraqi insurgency, the Defense Department has pushed biometric collection technologies into the field. But policies on how best to use them are not fully developed.
Military & Aerospace Electronics April 2006 John McHale	Synthetic Aperture Radar Technology Key Part of Space-Based Radar The technology of synthetic aperture radar, which has been used to map the Earth from space, will play an integral role in the U.S. Department of Defense's space-based radar programs.
Military & Aerospace Electronics November 2009 John Keller	Multi-Sensor Fusion Hits the Mainstream Once considered as futuristic, difficult, and elusive, multi-sensor fusion is coming into its own as a standard approach of processing signals from a wide variety of sensors, and making sense of incomplete and sketchy sensor data.
Defense Update Issue 1, 2006	The Challenges of Command and Control in Urban Operations In the past, offensive military operations have usually been conducted in urban environments only when unavoidable, but conflicts are shifting into the cities, where terrorists and insurgents find safe havens.
National Defense November 2013 Sandra I. Erwin	Changing World Blazes New Trails For Military Technology A striking array of challenges is reshaping the course of defense technology. The United States is entering an era characterized by fiscal austerity and the rise of "non-state" actors as enemies of nation states.
National Defense December 2006 Harold Kennedy	Guardsmen Shift Roles to Align More with Air Force The Air National Guard is reorganizing -- shedding some traditional missions and taking on new ones -- in order to play a larger national-security role as its active-duty partner, the Air Force, shrinks in size.
National Defense June 2005 Harold Kennedy	Joint Force: Capital Unit Seen as Prototype for Homeland Defense A newly organized all-services command charged with protecting the Washington, D.C., region from terrorist attacks, natural disasters and civil disturbances is expected to serve as the model for defending other key regions in the United States.
Parameters Winter 2003/2004 Tulak, Kraft, & Silbaugh	State Defense Forces and Homeland Security State Defense Forces represent a valuable additional component for homeland security and homeland defense contingency planning and operations. They can provide key technological and procedural bridges to link US Northern Command to local first-responders and state and federal agencies during operations.
Military & Aerospace Electronics March 2008 John Keller	DOD Set to Boost Spending for Communications, Electronics, and Intelligence Leaders of the U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) propose spending $29.16 billion in 2009 for procurement and research in communications, electronics, telecommunications, and intelligence (CET&I) technologies.
Military & Aerospace Electronics December 2008 John Keller	DOD to cut unmanned aerial vehicle procurement by one third over next decade The early years of the 21st century have seen explosive growth in U.S. Department of Defense purchases of unmanned aerial vehicles, but DOD is expected to cut UAV procurement by one-third over the next decade.
Military & Aerospace Electronics March 2007 John Keller	DOD Electronics Spending to Drop Along with Overall Decline in Procurement Leaders of the DOD propose spending slightly more than $28.1 billion in fiscal year 2008 for procurement and research in communications, electronics, telecommunications, and intelligence technologies, which would represent a 4% decrease from current-year levels.
National Defense March 2006 Harold Kennedy	At Special Ops Forum, Experts Weigh Prospect of WMD Attacks As military leaders devote increasing attention to neutralizing roadside bombs in Iraq, specialists caution that it would be a mistake to dismiss the threat posed by weapons of mass destruction.
National Defense November 2011 Beidel et al.	10 Technologies the U.S. Military Will Need For the Next War Examples are faster and quieter helicopters, advanced crowd-control weapons, lighter infantry equipment that doesn't overburden troops, ultra-light trucks and better battlefield communications.
National Defense September 2004 Stephen Willingham	National Guard Modernization Pegged to Emerging Missions A $12 billion budget represents significant business opportunities to contractors seeking to supply equipment and services to National Guard units in the United States. Here are some cues to getting a contract.
National Defense June 2004 Harold Kennedy	U.S. Northern Command Actively Enlisting Partners The U.S. Northern Command--established in 2002 to prevent a repeat of 9/11--is seeking assistance from a wide range of organizations to help it protect the United States, its territories and interests, said Army Col. Stover James, the organization's director of interagency coordination.
Military & Aerospace Electronics November 2007 Courtney E. Howard	Training for the War on Terror Military personnel throughout the ranks hone their skills with advanced training and simulation systems.
Military & Aerospace Electronics July 2009 John Keller	A Detailed Look at the Pentagon's $5.4 Billion Plan in 2010 to Develop and Deploy U.S. military forces plan to spend nearly $5.4 billion next year on unmanned vehicle (UV) technology for air, ground, and maritime applications.
Popular Mechanics March 2010 Joe Pappalardo	The Future For UAVs in the U.S. Air Force The next-generation aircraft envisioned by the Air Force, and modeled in the illustration opposite, would be able to dodge enemy radar, swap payloads for multiple kinds of missions and use sophisticated onboard sensors to prevent collisions with other UAVs and manned airplanes.
Military & Aerospace Electronics April 2008	In Brief Lockheed Martin to provide 17 radar systems to Romania... Boeing awarded second contract for F-15 radar upgrade work... Northrop Grumman to build U.S. Army missile interceptor system prototype... etc.
National Defense January 2005 Joe Pappalardo	Security Beat The Marine Corps' chemical-biological response unit will pass their responsibility to The National Guard... Smart Video Surveillance Gets Smarter... Coast Guard Unveils New Security Boat... Survey: Bio Defenses Need Improvement... etc.
Military & Aerospace Electronics March 2006 John Keller	Defense Spending Set to Increase for Electronics and Electro-Optics Programs in 2007 Leaders of the U.S. Department of Defense propose spending nearly $21.3 billion in fiscal year 2007 for procurement and research in communications, electronics, telecommunications, and intelligence technologies.
Military & Aerospace Electronics March 2005 John Keller	DOD electronics spending may approach $60 billion in 2006 Leaders of the U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) are proposing a 7.8 percent spending increase for procurement and research in communications, electronics, and intelligence in fiscal year 2006, compared with spending for the same accounts this year.
Military & Aerospace Electronics January 2005	In Brief Northrop Grumman to provide Theater Deployable Communications kits to Air Force... Air Force looks to ITT for night-vision goggles... Northrop Grumman wins Navy logistics contract for shipboard electronics... etc.
National Defense June 2007 Stew Magnuson	National Guard, Army Chemical Units Criticized for Being Untrained, Unprepared Acute shortages of equipment and personnel means less time, or no time, to train.
Military & Aerospace Electronics March 2010	In Brief Team K-MAX demonstrates unmanned helicopter cargo re-supply to U.S. Marine Corps... Rockwell Collins advances next-generation GPS by tracking new military signal... Sonoscan expands counterfeit identification menu... etc.
Defense Update Issue 2, 2005	Force Protection Systems and Technology Modern armies are tasked with peacekeeping, security, and stabilization operations, primarily in low intensity conflicts. The procedures, tactics, and technology used for force protection should reflect this reality.
National Defense August 2006 Stew Magnuson	Mesh of Technologies to Provide Maritime Safety Net While the Department of Homeland Security begins efforts to strengthen the nation's land borders, less publicized work continues on building a so-called virtual wall along U.S. coasts.
Military & Aerospace Electronics May 2005	In Brief BAE Systems protects U.S. Army and Navy helicopters... Northrop Grumman to expand Mississippi UAV facility ... Thales forms alliance partnership with Wind River... Lockheed Martin delivers first Atlas Five Booster to west coast launch site... DC-DC device market continues to grow... etc.
Military & Aerospace Electronics July 2007 Courtney E. Howard	Power Trip Sophisticated electronics drive the need for plentiful power on the battlefield.
National Defense January 2013 Rich Sorelle	How to Equip the U.S. Military For Future Electronic Warfare The Navy and Air Force have adopted "air-sea battle." The concept entails highly coordinated, cross-domain operations designed to "disrupt the adversary's intelligence collection and command and control used to employ A2/AD weapons systems.