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National Defense March 2005 Harold Kennedy	Homeland Defense The Defense Department's agency in charge of developing chemical and biological defense technologies is shifting its focus from large-scale incidents on the battlefield to small-scale terrorist attacks against civilians.
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.
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.
National Defense March 2013 Stew Magnuson	Chemical-Biological Defense Office To Kick Off Dozens of New Programs The previous decade has seen little in terms of advancement of nuclear-radiological detection devices, and there will be a new push to update them.
National Defense August 2005 Joe Pappalardo	Pentagon Spurs its Biological And Chemical Defense Programs The Pentagon is trying to buttress the military's defensive posture against biological and chemical weapons by focusing on the development of advanced vaccines and improved therapeutics. A surge in money is fueling this effort.
National Defense December 2003 Geoff S. Fein	Chem-Bio Defense Needs Common Standards Chemical and biological defense equipment is improving, but still is suffering from the lack of technical standards across industry and government agencies. Companies are focused on selling their technology, rather than combining forces and pushing the most promising concepts.
National Defense October 2015 Stew Magnuson	Chemical-Biological Program Speeds Up Acquisition Process Whenever there is a crisis somewhere in the world related to chemical, biological or radiological weapons or accidents, "the first phone call comes to us," said Carmen Spencer, joint program executive officer for chemical and biological defense.
National Defense May 2006 Stew Magnuson	Chemical Suits Fitted for Unconventional War The possibility of insurgents using homemade biological and chemical weapons is part of an ongoing debate on what kind of protective suits and masks ground forces need.
National Defense May 2005 Joe Pappalardo	Coast Guard Regaining Focus on WMD The Coast Guard is trying to regain its Cold War proficiency in dealing with weapons of mass destruction attacks and outfitting crews to be better prepared for possible toxic exposure while conducting security missions.
National Defense December 2003 Geoff S. Fein	Chem-Bio Defense Policies Revisted Post-Iraq The industrial base responded remarkably well to the surge in demand for chemical and biological defense equipment in Operation Iraqi Freedom. But troops in the theater encountered problems operating equipment that had not been properly tested.
National Defense June 2010 Grace V. Jean	Research Challenge: How to Defend Against Still-Undefined Chemical, Biological Attacks Military scientists are often criticized for not working fast enough and for not pushing technologies into the field more expeditiously. Those working in chemical and biological sciences are no exception.
National Defense July 2009 Matthew Rusling	Specialized Chem-Bio Unit to Fully Stand Up in 2011 The Defense Department is beefing up the nations response to chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear and explosive attacks.
National Defense November 2006 Harold Kennedy	Army Lab Channels Expertise to Non-Traditional Areas When the United States invaded Iraq, the Army's Edgewood Chemical Biological Center began tackling a host of problems that were far removed from traditional chemical or biological defense, such as roadside bombs.
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 September 2007 Stew Magnuson	Chemical Detecting Robot Program Rolls Forward Explosive ordnance disposal robots have proven their worth in Iraq and Afghanistan by reducing their operators' exposure to improvised bombs. An Army program hopes to do the same for specialists who must enter buildings and caves to root out chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear materials.
National Defense June 2010 Grace V. Jean	Chem-Bio Defense Budgets Set to Increase In Coming Years The Obama administration has made no secret of its support of chemical and biological defense programs.
Military & Aerospace Electronics August 2006	Edgewood Chemical Biological Center Selects iRobot PackBot for CBRN Detection Robot The U.S. Army Research, Development, and Engineering Command will integrate a new chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear detection payload with the battle-proven iRobot PackBot to create the first-ever robot with such a wide array of sensor capabilities.
National Defense June 2007 Breanne Wagner	Government Contracts Focus on Vaccines, Emergency Response Since October 2006, 13 contracts have been awarded to industry and academia, ranging in value from $2.7 million to $28 million.
National Defense September 2009 Magnuson & Breitbach	Tech vs. Terrorism For every threat to the homeland, there's a business that has a technology waiting in the wings to counter a would-be terrorist's moves.
Popular Mechanics October 16, 2006 Simon Cooper	North Korea: The Bigger (Non-Nuclear) Threat The consensus is that North Korea has developed anthrax, plague and botulism toxin as weapons, and has extensively researched at least six other germs including smallpox and typhoid.
National Defense November 2014 Stew Magnuson	New Approach to Biological Threat Detection Promises Savings for Defense, Homeland Security The nonprofit lab Battelle recently introduced an all-inclusive chemical-biological-explosive detector the size of a microwave oven that can detect airborne pathogens in minutes with recurring costs of about $1 per day.
National Defense September 2004 Joe Pappalardo	Security Beat Vaccine Stockpiles Now Required by Law... Commission: Military Had No Warning During 9/11... Simulated Agent Mimics Bio-Terror Weapons... Cyber-security Hampered by Lack of Attention...
National Defense June 2010 Grace V. Jean	To Counter Weapons of Mass Destruction, U.S. Reaching Out To International Partners U.S. officials believe that terrorists aspire to build bio-weapons. The White House is also expanding collaborative efforts with international partners to help prevent such attacks.
National Defense August 2004 Joe Pappalardo	Pentagon Chem-Bio Defense Program Is Due for Sweeping Reform The Pentagon's chemical and biological defense programs need major changes in the way they field technology, cooperate with other government agencies and support the private sector, according to a senior official.
National Defense June 2004 Sandra I. Erwin	Chem-Bio Sensors For Strykers Not Yet Perfected The Army may scale back plans to equip its new Stryker combat vehicles with advanced sensors that detect chemical agents while the vehicle is moving at high speeds.
National Defense June 2004 Harold Kennedy	DHS Technology Budget To Exceed $1B in 2005 An array of emerging technologies is the key to defending the United States from its enemies, according to Charles E. McQueary, undersecretary of homeland security for science and technology.
National Defense November 2004 Robert H. Williams	Troops Can Have a Cool Drink in Chem-Bio Attack A portable reservoir hydration system that can be used during chemical and biological weapon attacks recently entered the marketplace.
National Defense March 2005 Sandra I. Erwin	Pentagon Redirects Priorities In Chemical-Biological Defense The Pentagon will broaden the scope of its chemical and biological defense programs, in an effort to prepare for future domestic emergencies, officials say.
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National Defense April 2004 Geoff S. Fein	Army Sets Up `One-Stop Shop' for Chem-Bio Response The six-month-old Guardian Brigade is the Army's first step in creating an organization that will provide soldier and civilian response to chemical and biological accidents and incidents in the United States or overseas.
National Defense January 2004 Geoff S. Fein	Pentagon Widens Search for New Technologies The Defense Department is expanding its search for new technologies beyond traditional industries and government agencies. Among the areas of interest are technologies to help detect and protect against chemical or biological attacks.
National Real Estate Investor August 1, 2006 Parke M. Chapman	An Invisible Threat Commercial buildings are ill-quipped to thwart nuclear, biological and chemical agent attacks, which are excluded from terrorism insurance policies.
Military & Aerospace Electronics July 2008 John McHale	Locked down, sensors everywhere Perimeters today are being protected by sensors that detect everything from x-ray scanners at checkpoints to cameras mounted on unmanned aircraft.
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National Defense December 2014 Stew Magnuson	Army Takes Stock of Its Domestic Chem-Bio-Nuclear Response Capabilities More than a decade after the Army reluctantly took on the responsibility for responding to domestic chemical, biological and nuclear attacks or accidents, it has built a force of more than 18,000 dedicated personnel.
National Defense November 2004 Harold Kennedy	WMD Defense Lacks Unified Command-Control Structure The Defense Department has assigned to multiple units the job of protecting the United States against attacks by weapons of mass destruction. These agencies, however, lack a central command and control structure.
National Defense July 2004 Joe Pappalardo	Scientists Seek Breakthroughs In Bio-Detection The Department of Homeland Security is seeking to upgrade its biological sensor network with more encompassing and less costly systems.
National Defense July 2004 Joe Pappalardo	Cloud Recognition System Watching Over Pentagon A laser system designed to identify and track chemical or biological attacks on the Pentagon is providing a glimpse into the future of long-range threat detection equipment.
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Popular Mechanics February 2007 Simon Cooper	North Korea's Biochemical Threat While its nuclear test spurs outrage, North Korea grows a vast biochemical weapons arsenal in secrecy. We investigate Kim Jong Il's deception, his country's human trials and the terror potential of this rogue nation's deadly harvest.
National Defense June 2010 Grace V. Jean	Defense Threat Reduction Agency Beefs Up Work Force With Newly Minted PhDs Facing a large number of retirements in its work force in the next five years, the Defense Threat Reduction Agency's chemical and biological technologies directorate is seeking young, ambitious scientists.
National Defense December 2005 Sandra I. Erwin	Defense Dept. Courts Commercial Vendors to Help Defeat WMD Threats The Defense Threats Reduction Agency is looking toward non-traditional commercial suppliers for vaccines and systems capable of alerting personnel in case of a bio-warfare attack.
National Defense August 2015 Jon Harper	Market for Ground Robots Poised for a Turnaround The market for ground robots is set to expand as technology advancements give the machines greater utility on the battlefield and elsewhere, according to defense officials and industry experts.
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National Defense February 2005 Harold Kennedy	Military Officials Warn Al Qaeda Determined To Attack With WMD Most attacks probably would be small-scale, incorporating improvised delivery systems and easily produced chemicals, toxins or radiological substances.