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National Defense October 2011 Grace V. Jean	Army Deploying Robotic 'Mule' To Troops in Afghanistan The Army is deploying an unmanned ground vehicle to troops in Afghanistan for a several-month long evaluation in combat operations.
Popular Mechanics June 2007 Erin McCarthy	Israeli Military Robot Is Built to Kill (Mini-Uzi Included) At just 9 inches tall, the VIPeR may look like a toy. But this combat drone fights like a pint-size commando.
National Defense January 2008 Breanne Wagner	Coast Guard Takes On Airborne Ship Surveillance As part of a sweeping effort to beef-up maritime surveillance on U.S. shores, the Coast Guard for the first time plans to use airborne tracking devices to quickly relay information about approaching vessels to operators on the ground.
National Defense October 2006 Sandra I. Erwin	Robots Aid Soldiers, But Can be Irritating Feedback from soldiers on the use of robots in combat is leading researchers to believe that robotic technology has the potential to become a huge assist in combat operations, but that too much automation may not be desirable.
Military & Aerospace Electronics September 2007 Courtney E. Howard	Army Officials cut FCS Program from 18 Systems to 14 U.S. Army officials have restructured the Future Combat Systems program to modernize the current force, while also providing the future force with advanced technology.
National Defense March 2008 Breanne Wagner	Navy Slows Pursuit of Autonomous Vessels for Coastal Surveillance The Navy has expressed interest in acquiring unmanned vessels that would patrol coastal areas, but budgetary and technological issues are slowing down the development and procurement of these vehicles.
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 2010 Stew Magnuson	Technologists Make Progress On Autonomous Ground Robots Researchers at the Georgia Tech Research Institute used eBay as inspiration when they were searching for ways to make unmanned aerial and ground robots work autonomously to search for targets.
Military & Aerospace Electronics June 2005 Ben Ames	Smaller Sensors Make Unmanned Vehicles Smarter Army researchers are now developing another part of FCS-an armed robotic vehicle (ARV) that uses autonomous sensors and weapons to minimize soldiers' battlefield exposure.
National Defense August 2010 Stew Magnuson	Utility of Coast Guard's Elite Boarding Teams Questioned The Obama administration's 2011 budget proposal calls for five of these units to be closed down and their duties consolidated into the seven remaining teams.
National Defense September 2007 Breanne Wagner	Navigation System Advances Army's Pursuit of Unmanned Vehicles The Army will begin a series of tests in October that could demonstrate whether ground combat robots can find their way autonomously in the battlefield.
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.
Popular Mechanics August 14, 2009 Joe Pappalardo	Autonomous Autos: New Kit Converts Any Vehicle Into a Robot (With Video) Utah-based Kairos Autonomi sells a conversion kit called the Pronto4 Strap-On Autonomy System that can transform any steered vehicle into an autonomous unmanned ground vehicle.
Popular Mechanics February 25, 2010 Joe Pappalardo	Band of Bots: Two Military Robots Team Up to Cover Land and Air In war, teamwork is everything, even if you're a robot. Just as human soldiers and airmen support each other, teams of robots will likely roam future battlefields, helping each other on missions.
National Defense February 2007 Robert H. Williams	PC Tank Simulator Sharpens Lethal Skills A PC-based simulator is now allowing soldiers in Israel to conduct high fidelity exercises in their tanks.
National Defense May 2005 Joe Pappalardo	Soldiers Teaching Robots Battlefield Duties An Army Research Lab is working to instill robots with complex behaviors, thus making them suitable for the battlefield.
National Defense July 2004 Roxana Tiron	Singapore Company Toys With Concepts of the Future While the U.S. Army is pegging its future on the ambitious future combat systems--a family of manned and unmanned vehicles and aircraft--a partly government-owned Singaporean company also is looking at a series of concepts to deploy faster and lighter forces.
Military & Aerospace Electronics September 2008 Courtney E. Howard	Force Modernization Drives Growth in European Land Vetronics Applications European land-based intelligence, surveillance, target acquisition, and reconnaissance (ISTAR) vehicle electronics applications continue to grow as countries modernize defense forces.
Military & Aerospace Electronics June 2006 John McHale	Robots Are Fearless The U.S. Army's Future Combat Systems program will integrate unmanned ground vehicles into a future force. Autonomous ground vehicles promise to be a major paradigm shift in ground warfare.
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 August 2005 Robert H. Williams	Mini Spy in Sky Passes Flight Test A 13-inch, autonomous reconnaissance craft -- known as the MAV -- has successfully gone through its first paces at a facility in Laguna, N.M.
National Defense September 2005 Joe Pappalardo	Air Guard Girds for Sweeping Changes and New Missions Air Force downsizing plans and Pentagon base-closure recommendations that would eliminate several Air National Guard facilities have raised concerns about the future of the service.
National Defense May 2004 Roxana Tiron	Warfare by Remote Control A long-awaited robotic security system--capable of detecting intruders, assessing their intentions, communicating their location and even stopping them in their tracks--will be evaluated next month at Hawthorne Army Depot, Nev.
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.
National Defense July 2006 Sandra I. Erwin	Next-Generation Robots: Bigger and Better? The exploits of bomb-sniffing robots in Iraq and Afghanistan have solidified their role as useful combat tools, but the technology needs to be pushed much further, say robot designers and engineers.
National Defense February 2007 Robert H. Williams	Back at Company Headquarters... Elbit System has developed a mission rehearsal simulator meant to bolster basic to advanced skills, tactical battle doctrines, decision making, situational awareness and leadership on the battlefield.
National Defense September 2007 Grace Jean	Air Guard Chief Braces for Dramatic Change For a proud organization such as the Air National Guard, it has been a tough year. As if losing dozens of bases across the country weren't enough, it is also giving up flying missions and taking on new, unfamiliar roles.
National Defense November 2015 Stew Magnuson	Marine Corps R&D Focuses on Urban Scenarios That the Marine Corps would like to return to its expeditionary, sea-based roots after serving the past decade in Iraq and Afghanistan is well known.
National Defense October 2007 Grace Jean	Robot Controllers Free Operators to Handle Weapons Several companies have developed technologies that untether troops from immobile controllers and give them the ability to hold their weapons and multitask while commanding their robots.
National Defense July 2011 Grace V. Jean	Ground Robots Coming of Age With Expanding Missions It's an exciting time for ground robots as they get more integrated into operations.
Military & Aerospace Electronics March 2006	Navy Navigates Unmanned Undersea Vehicle with Lockheed Martin Sensor Under a $10.6 million contract, Lockheed Martin engineers will integrate a sensor array capable of 3D obstacle detection and classification, VHF communication, and 3D bathymetry into the Navy's Advanced Development Unmanned Undersea Vehicle.
Military & Aerospace Electronics July 2004	Makers of ground robots ask for better sensors and communication links Troops in Iraq are in desperate need of unmanned ground systems (UGSs) to dispose of land mines and booby traps.
National Defense November 2009 Grace V. Jean	Robotic Humvees Resupply Troops Downrange The Defense Department is pushing hard for the development of fully autonomous robots that can replenish supplies, evacuate casualties and even search for explosives.
National Defense December 2015 Jon Harper	Army May Slow Down Procurement of New Light Reconnaissance Vehicle The Army is looking to procure a new scout vehicle for infantry units. But funding constraints and other priorities could hold the project back as the service pushes forward with its modernization plans.
National Defense January 2006 Grace Jean	Laser-Based Sensor Will Sniff Out Chemicals on the Move U.S. Army scientists are working on a next-generation, laser-based chemical detector capable of operating in reconnaissance vehicles while traveling at high speeds.
National Defense October 2006 Grace Jean	Combat Vehicle Designs Seek Increased Utility in Multiple Roles The prevalence of such vehicles at one of the largest ground warfare expositions reveals a trend in how armies are choosing to insert their troops into hot spots.
Defense Update Issue 2, 2005	Surveillance Systems for Perimeter Defense A variety of surveillance systems are employed to maintain perimeter security around military bases.
National Defense September 2005 Grace Jean	Guard Balancing Emerging Roles in Homeland Defense The National Guard continues to expand its missions in support of homeland defense, even as it contends with frequent overseas deployments, equipment shortages and low recruiting levels.
IEEE Spectrum August 2011 Lora G. Weiss	Autonomous Robots in the Fog of War Networks of autonomous robots will someday transform warfare, but significant hurdles remain.
Defense Update Issue 1, 2006	Unattended Ground Sensors After several decades of rather obscure awareness in military operations, the use of passive sensors for remote battlefield applications is becoming more popular... Ground surveillance sensors... Future combat systems... etc.
PC Magazine April 5, 2006 Sebastian Rupley	A Soldier's Four-Legged Friend What would a robotic mule be good for? Plenty, in the eyes of developers at Boston Dynamics.
Military & Aerospace Electronics June 2005 Roger Joel	Unmanned Vehicles: Autonomous and on-Target Perhaps the single biggest challenge-both to truly autonomous unmanned vehicle designers and to the widespread military deployment of unmanned vehicles-is obstacle recognition and avoidance.
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.
Popular Mechanics March 2008 Erik Sofge	America's Robot Army: Are Unmanned Fighters Ready for Combat? The MULE (Multifunction Utility/Logistics and Equipment) is one of many robots being developed for combat.
Military & Aerospace Electronics February 2007	European briefs U.K. team to build explosives-disposal unmanned ground vehicle... Elbit to supply unmanned turrets and electro-optic systems for Belgian armored infantry vehicle...
National Defense September 2005 Sandra I. Erwin	Move to Merge Air Force, Guard Units Derailed by Base Closures The Defense Department's base-closure recommendations, which would strip the Guard of nearly one-third of its airbases, have so angered state governors and members of Congress that all parties likely will have to go back to the negotiating table.
Military & Aerospace Electronics October 2004 John Keller	Vetronics of the Future Combat System The electronic and optoelectronic technologies of the future battlefield will help provide unprecedented situational awareness and maneuver capability to U.S. and allied ground troops.
Military & Aerospace Electronics February 2005	In Brief Modus Operandi wins Army contract... Elbit Systems to supply imagery intelligence systems... Nanotechnology IC sales to reach $172 billion by 2014... etc.
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.
National Defense March 2006 Grace Jean	Urban Battlefield is Proving Ground For Unmanned Aerial Systems Demand for smaller and more capable aircraft systems continues to grow but analysts say that in order to make these aircraft more effective in the urban environment, a fistful of technology improvements are needed.