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Defense Update Issue 2, 2005	Ground Sensors - Acoustic Acoustic sensors can determine the location of a sniper, enabling rapid and effective counter-fire. These sensors can be located in static locations or mounted on vehicles.
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.
Military & Aerospace Electronics May 2006	Remote intrusion-detection and surveillance system The system offers remote, unattended intrusion-detection and surveillance capabilities for protecting of military installations and perimeters, as well as borders and other assets associated with homeland defense.
National Defense May 2012 Eric Beidel	Wanted: Driverless Vehicles for Army Security Patrols The Army is conducting market research into technology that would allow installations to send out unmanned vehicles on 24/7 patrols.
National Defense September 2004	Robot Guard Patrols With an Attitude The Guardium perimeter security system, featuring an autonomous unmanned ground security vehicle called M-Guard, provides perimeter security for government and military facilities, as well as transportation and industrial hubs.
National Defense November 2007 Grace Jean	Defense System Detects Swarming Boats in Coastal Waters Lockheed Martin has developed a system that detects vessels at long distances to allow operators ample time to identify hostile situations and engage targets.
National Defense November 2012 Stew Magnuson	Wide Area Surveillance Sensors Prove Value on Battlefields Heidi Breslow, a retired Marine Corps corporal and battlefield intelligence analyst, described how she would use unmanned aerial vehicles coupled with the latest wide area airborne surveillance sensors to help protect ground troops.
Defense Update Issue 1, 2006	Urban Combat -- The Israeli Experience Recent conflicts are challenging the world's military powers with urban low-intensity conflict (urban-LIC) warfare... Stealth operations in LIC... New equipment fielded by israeli forces... Subterranean warfare... Rocket and mortar (RAM) attacks... etc.
Military & Aerospace Electronics May 2007	Lockheed Martin Evaluating 360-Degree Surveillance Camera From RemoteReality Lockheed needs a camera for a number of applications that call for persistent situational awareness in daylight and at night.
Military & Aerospace Electronics September 2009	General Dynamics Boosts Electro-Optics and ISR Capabilities with Axsys Buy General Dynamics Advanced Information Systems (GD-AIS) is acquiring military electro-optics specialist Axsys to boost GA-AIS presence in military intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR) applications.
National Defense July 2013 Dan Parsons	U.S. Special Operations Command Seeks Intelligence Capabilities for Duty Worldwide Business opportunities abound providing communications and ISR gear for special operations.
Military & Aerospace Electronics January 2007	DRS Technologies to provide lightweight electro-optical/infrared sensors for Army FCS UAVs The sensors will provide imagery during reconnaissance, surveillance, and target-acquisition (RSTA) missions and enhanced reconnaissance and security/early-warning capabilities, which will increase situational awareness.
National Defense March 2008 Breanne Wagner	Urban Wars Fuel Demand for More Accurate Sensors Suppliers of high-tech military hardware are developing new sensors that could help troops identify the enemy in close urban quarters.
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.
National Defense October 2007 Mike Cast	Army Deploys Testers to Assess Systems That Were Rushed to War The Army has fielded scores of new high-tech combat systems in Iraq and Afghanistan, but much of this technology was put into the hands of troops without undergoing the full-scale Army acquisition process.
Military & Aerospace Electronics January 2007 Hans Kobler	From DARPA to Main Street Technologies developed for Homeland Security are moving into the public sector.
National Defense May 2007 Stew Magnuson	Soldiers Test Tools for Urban Surveillance Field tests begin for the first technologies scheduled to reach soldiers' hands from the Future Combat Systems program.
Military & Aerospace Electronics February 2010 John Keller	Persistent Surveillance with UAV-Mounted Infrared Sensors is Goal of DARPA ARGUS-IR Program Scientists at the U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) are asking industry to develop staring infrared sensors able to provide long-term persistent surveillance from unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs).
National Defense May 2008 Breanne Wagner	Urban Surveillance Still Falling Short, Say Army Commanders Army commanders need more sophisticated aerial surveillance sensors to give them a wider, more detailed view of the complex urban battlefield.
National Defense May 2005 Roxana Tiron	Jordan Eyes Expansion of Domestic Defense Industry A Jordanian research and development center is achieving tangible results in building sophisticated technology for internal and border security, VIP protection, surveillance and emergency response.
Military & Aerospace Electronics May 2009	Darim Vision introduces wearable security camera with local recording, WiFi transmission Real-time broadcasting for "point-of-view" situational awareness can be critical in many environments, from surveillance to inspection under extreme conditions.
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.
T.H.E. Journal December 2002 Katie Garza	School Security Moves Into the Digital Age While VHS-based surveillance technology and real-time closed-circuit TV monitoring are widely used in schools today, several districts in Texas and Oklahoma have taken their surveillance systems into the digital age.
National Defense May 2012 Dan Parsons	Commanders Feel Deficiency as Wars Hog Surveillance Platforms The wars in Iraq and Afghanistan have proven the efficacy of airborne surveillance as a military tool. The conflicts have also hogged almost all of the U.S. military's manned and unmanned surveillance platforms, to the detriment of combatant commanders elsewhere.
National Defense February 2012 Eric Beidel	DARPA Eyes Space Junk From the Ground The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, though, is wrapping up a demonstration with a new Space Surveillance Telescope that officials say will offer an unprecedented view of objects in space.
National Defense May 2008 Stew Magnuson	To Succeed, Soldiers `Need to See the Environment' Troops fighting in Iraq's cities often complain that they cannot see the enemy and need sensors that can penetrate walls, identify foes in pitch dark and locate buried explosives.
Military & Aerospace Electronics January 2007 Annie Turner	QinetiQ Wins DARPA Contract to Explore New Sensors The LACOSTE program will investigate using first-of-their-kind sensors, like lensless imaging, to provide persistent tactical surveillance and precision tracking capabilities.
National Defense May 2010 Austin Wright	Making Sense of Data Overload Joint Forces Command is shipping to Afghanistan the first pieces of a video-sharing system called Valiant Angel that will make it easier for soldiers on the battlefield to plug into live surveillance feeds and archived intelligence data.
National Defense July 2008 Grace V. Jean	Bug-Sized `Bots for the Urban Battle The Army Research Laboratory in April awarded a $37 million contract to BAE Systems to develop biologically based surveillance and reconnaissance robots to help soldiers conduct urban warfare.
National Defense December 2005 Robert H. Williams	Robot Allows Safe Recon in Hot Areas A new robotic vehicle, Avant Guard, just entered an increasingly crowded market for systems that can conduct surveillance and reconnaissance duties in risky urban battlefields.
CIO February 15, 2002 Scott Berinato	Big Brother Is Watching WebEyeAlert has built software that links closed-circuit TV (CCTV) surveillance systems to the Web. A high school is using the system to improve security.
National Defense July 2014 Stew Magnuson	South Texas in Line for Border Patrol Technology The southwest border in Texas will start to receive some of the new sensor technologies that have heretofore been deployed solely in Arizona.
Military & Aerospace Electronics November 2005 Ben Ames	Goodrich to bolster optoelectronic capability with acquisition of Sensors Unlimited The move is designed to strengthen the company's position in the high-growth markets for surveillance and reconnaissance systems, as well as homeland security applications.
Defense Update Issue 3, 2005	C4 Mission Planning Tools Tools available with current C4 systems utilize 3D modeling adapted to the urban area, enabling better terrain analysis, optimal planning of sensors positions, and optimal planning of sensors positions, surveillance schemes and employment of firepower.
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 December 2015 Edward Lundquist	Fee-for-Service Model Lowers Upfront Costs Instead of buying an expensive system with many more features than needed, it may be possible simply to pay for the service and get only the data required to accomplish the mission.
Military & Aerospace Electronics January 2006 John Keller	DARPA approaches industry for ideas for unmanned underwater surveillance technology The agency seeks to improve underwater surveillance in and along ocean coasts, ocean harbors, lakes, and rivers with a distributed set of stationary and mobile assets.
Military & Aerospace Electronics January 2005 Ben Ames	Optical sensors light up the battlefield Tomorrow's sensors will be modular, digital, fused, and networked
Military & Aerospace Electronics February 2007 John Keller	Seeking technologies for counter-terrorism U.S. military researchers are fast out of the gate in 2007 with several technology-development initiatives that could have a major influence in the global war on terror.
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Military & Aerospace Electronics March 2008	U.S. Army Uses Law Enforcement Associates' Under-Vehicle Inspection Systems in Iraq LEA's surveillance equipment is being used to enhance security for both military and civilian personnel in one of the world's most dangerous settings.
Military & Aerospace Electronics November 2007	Royal Danish Air Force Gains Lockheed Martin Surveillance Radars Lockheed Martin to provide high-quality, reliable radar used for surveillance during flight to the Tactical Air Command of the Royal Danish Air Force.
National Defense June 2004 Peter Teets	Space Programs Reflect War-Fighting Priorities Space systems increasingly have become integrated into national intelligence and war-fighting operations.
InternetNews March 28, 2007 Clint Boulton	CSI:IBM IBM spruces up its digital video surveillance system with analytics.
National Defense May 2013 Yasmin Tadjdeh	U.S. Airport Perimeter Security Market in Decline U.S. airport perimeter manufacturers -- makers of fences, gates, sensors and cameras -- will likely face a steep drop in demand over the next several years, one report found.
National Defense July 2006 Grace Jean	Advanced Video Techniques Help Evaluate Marine Live-Fire Training At one of the Marine Corps' largest live-fire training facilities, a new surveillance system is helping to provide military and other security forces with better evaluations following close-quarter battle exercises.
T.H.E. Journal August 2004 Fredrik Nilsson	Surveillance 101 Despite lessons learned from the Columbine High School tragedy, we continue to see incidents of school violence escalate. Here's how to leverage network video to enhance school security, student learning and teacher standards.
Defense Update Issue 2, 2005	Turning raw data into actionable intelligence Utilizing modern commercial off the shelf technology, sensor data can be rapidly processed and presented over a common map display. These products can be used by both intelligence analysts and warfighters.