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National Defense December 2005 Harold Kennedy	Services Focus on Fielding Munitions for Close Combat The Army, Navy and Marine Corps are rushing to field an array of munitions that are designed to be precise enough for close urban combat operations.
National Defense July 2011 Eric Beidel	Military Investigates Killer Drones That Can Fit in Rucksacks Troops are demanding smaller unmanned aerial vehicles on the front lines, sparking efforts to develop lighter weapons for the aircraft. Now there are plans to make weapons out of the drones themselves.
National Defense July 2015 Jon Harper	Surveillance Technology a Priority For Special Operations Forces Members of U.S. Special Operations Command's aviation component face difficult technological challenges as they seek to improve their ability to find, track and destroy the enemy.
National Defense November 2004 Sandra I. Erwin	Army Initiates Study to Measure Value of Precision-Guided Weapons The soaring prices of precision-guided munitions have spawned yet another round of debates in the Army on the role these weapons will play on future battlefields and whether they are worth the cost.
National Defense December 2005 Harold Kennedy	Special Operators Setting Pace for New Small Arms The U.S. Special Operations Command is accelerating efforts to develop a new generation of small arms.
National Defense April 2005 Frank Colucci	Army Developing Tactics for Armed Robotic Aircraft The topic of armed UAVs is gaining attention at the Defense Department. Examples: The Army's Hunter unmanned aerial vehicle is being outfitted with precision-guided weapons for duty in Iraq. And Boeing's unmanned Little Bird helicopter is being tested at Fort Eustis.
National Defense August 2010 Grace V. Jean	Special Operations Aviators Gear Up for Aircraft Upgrades Boosting the availability of special operations aircraft - whether they are helicopters, fixed-wing, or unmanned - has been called a top priority at U.S. Special Operations Command.
Popular Mechanics June 2008 Joe Pappalardo	4 New High-Tech Weapons Pack Small Shells, Big Boom New improved small missiles, guns, bombs, and decoys will be used by the United States Armed Forces
National Defense July 2009 Millard S. Firebaugh	U.S. Losing Critical Skills Needed To Weaponize Unmanned Systems Commanders clearly want armed unmanned systems. But the biggest issue facing weaponization of unmanned systems is the decline in U.S. energetics expertise. These skills are key to the future of armed robots.
National Defense May 2015 Yasmin Tadjdeh	AC-130J Ghostrider Program Hits Developmental Snags The aircraft's developers face a number of developmental issues, including trouble integrating the precision strike package -- a key component of the new gunship.
National Defense March 2006 Sandra I. Erwin	Army to Equip Helos With `Low Cost' Munitions The Army soon may begin arming its combat helicopters with an undersized missile that could surgically destroy targets in urban areas without killing or maiming friendly forces or innocent civilians.
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 May 2007 Stew Magnuson	Air Force Gunships Could Be Grounded The storied gunships may be grounded within the next two years.
National Defense June 2007 Sandra I. Erwin	For the First Time, Navy Will Launch Weapons From Surveillance Drones The Navy will request funds in fiscal year 2010 to begin outfitting its new surveillance drone with kinetic weapons.
National Defense September 2004 Roxana Tiron	Special Operations Forces Pursue Technologies for the Urban Fight Confined spaces, hardened targets and night vision limitations are among the more critical factors driving this effort. The U.S. Special Operations Command is evaluating existing technologies and commissioning separate developments for more specific requirements.
Military & Aerospace Electronics June 2005 J.R. Wilson	UAVs Poised to Take the Next Step Into Combat The future of continued U.S. air superiority will involve a large contingent of armed UAVs and a new generation of unmanned combat aerial vehicles (UCAVs), flying missions that manned attack aircraft previously flew, often in joint missions under the control of fighter-bomber pilots.
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National Defense December 2005 Sandra I. Erwin	Osprey's Cargo Capacity Driving Weapon Designs As Marines get closer to begin operating the V-22 Osprey, they are finding that making weapons systems small enough to fit in the aircraft's undersize cabin can be a formidable challenge.
National Defense June 2013 Dan Parsons	Energy Weapons: The Next Gunpowder? The U.S. military has been investigating and investing in solid-state lasers and other directed energy weapons for half a century. All that work has finally paid off, as the Navy is set to deploy the first laser small enough to fit on a ship.
National Defense May 2008 Sandra I. Erwin	In Today's Wars, Air Strikes Under Fire The Air Force and the Army feud over who gets to be in charge of the "big guns" on the battlefield. The rivalry has become irrelevant in current wars, where one doesn't win by killing, but by gaining the trust of the population.
National Defense July 2014 Valerie Insinna	Nonlethal Technologies Become Lighter, More Potent Industry officials say the services' need for nonlethal technologies will only continue to grow, with weapons becoming lighter and more portable, having greater range and the capability to send and receive information.
National Defense October 2004 Sandra I. Erwin	Cannons, Rockets and Missiles: A Growth Industry in the Army The Army is expected to increase investments in cannon artillery, missiles and rockets, in an effort to extend the range and improve the accuracy of these weapons.
National Defense July 2005 Harold Kennedy	Back to the Drawing Board: Army Rewrites Small Arms Plans Army leaders have concluded that the service's current inventory of small arms is ill suited to the guerrilla wars that U.S. ground forces now are fighting.
National Defense April 2008 Stew Magnuson	Special Operations Command: It Takes Too Long to Get Equipment To carry out their mission in Iraq, special operators will need better sensors, more up to date aircraft, and additional tactical trucks.
National Defense June 2005 Joe Pappalardo	The Future May Belong to Unconventional Designs, Missions Unmanned aerial vehicles spying on enemies may be commonplace above today's battlefields, but there is a future generation of unconventional designs with added functions that, experts predict, almost certainly will displace current drones from their lonely, lofty perches.
National Defense February 2009 Matthew Rusling	U.S. Special Operations Command Weighs Deployment of Armed Drones The Boeing A160T Hummingbird, originally a Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency program, is undergoing a series of tests at a Boeing Co. facility
National Defense June 2007 Stew Magnuson	Skeptics Watch Cannon Progress Closely The Future Combat Systems non-line-of-sight cannon, currently weighing 27 tons, will be the first large piece of FCS equipment to be delivered to a brigade for evaluation.
National Defense March 2004 Geoff S. Fein	Non-Lethal Weapons Find Their Niche in Urban Combat Weapons that once were meant only for police use increasingly are finding their way into military units in Iraq and elsewhere.
Military & Aerospace Electronics December 2009 J.R. Wilson	The Future of Precision-Guided Munitions Smart bullets for infantry weapons, GPS receivers built into the soldier's boot, eliminating enemy snipers before they have a chance to shoot, and counter-RPG systems are the future of weaponry.
National Defense March 2010 Stew Magnuson	Future Remotely Piloted Aircraft Will Do More Than Surveillance Military leaders are beginning think about concepts for the third-generation UAVs. In the future, they will want the drones to do a lot more than peer down on adversaries.
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National Defense June 2006 Sandra I. Erwin	Army to Curtail Procurement of Precision-Guided Weapons The Army needs to reevaluate its precision-guided munitions programs, and identify which of its current weapons should continue to receive funding. Contractors worried about declining sales should try to find ways to consolidate production lines across all military services.
National Defense April 2005 Sandra I. Erwin	Elusive Targets The Navy is in pursuit of smart weapons for five-inch guns.
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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.
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National Defense May 2014 Yasmin Tadjdeh	Special Operations Command Increases Technology Funding Renowned for being the military's most agile and cost-effective force, SOCOM's overall budget is slated to increase in the upcoming fiscal year, allowing for more procurement and personnel funding.
National Defense November 2007 Sandra I. Erwin	Pentagon Publishes New Safety Guidelines For Unmanned Vehicles These comprehensive safety guidelines cover the design and operation of joint-service unmanned vehicles -- including unmanned aircraft and ground- and sea-based vehicles.
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National Defense September 2011 Eric Beidel	Lasers to Aid Machine Guns Aboard Ships Sailors soon may have a new weapon to use on the high seas, one that combines the precision of directed energy with the lethal power of a machine gun.
Popular Mechanics November 11, 2008 Andrew Moseman	The 6 Most Lethal Aircraft in History Aviation experts and warplane veterans take a look at the history of single-engine planes, fighters, bombers and attack helicopters and pick six of the most lethal fliers in the past 100 years.
National Defense July 2005 Sandra I. Erwin	Urban Fighting Highlights Need for Smaller Weapons The U.S. military services spend billions of dollars on precision-guided bombs, missiles and artillery shells, which, for the most part, have proved inadequate for urban fighting in Iraqi cities.
National Defense February 2012 Dan Parsons	Air Force F-35s, Drones May Square Off in Budget Battle Unmanned aerial vehicles have become a potent portion of the U.S. Air Force inventory and an indispensable weapon in the global war on terror.
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.
National Defense February 2012 Sandra I. Erwin	Navy's Unmanned Combat Aircraft Flying Under Cloud of Uncertainty The Navy expects to invest a growing share of its aviation research dollars in unmanned aircraft as it seeks to extend the reach and endurance of its carrier-based air wings.
National Defense August 2004 Harold Kennedy	Army Eyeing New Artillery Systems The U.S. Army gradually plans to modernize its field artillery systems, in an effort to replace aging platforms and introduce advanced technology.
IEEE Spectrum March 2005 DeBlois et al.	Star-Crossed Should the United States, or any nation for that matter, weaponize space? From orbiting lasers to metal rods that strike from the heavens, the potential to wage war from space raises startling possibilities---and serious problems.
National Defense April 2012 Sandra I. Erwin	U.S. Weapon Manufacturers Feeling The Wrath of Arms-Control Activists Antiwar and arms-control groups over the past decade have homed in on landmines and cluster munitions, and are now also targeting armed drones as another category of weapons that should be banned because they harm and kill civilians.
National Defense July 2006 Sandra I. Erwin	Surveillance Drone Operators Find Ways to Outsmart Enemy A burgeoning fleet of unmanned aircraft is among the Army's key weapons against Iraq's insurgency. But the technology alone is not enough to gain an edge over this enemy, experts say.