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Military & Aerospace Electronics
January 2006 |
Optoelectronics Briefs Optical fire-control units for Army lightweight artillery... Optical security camera backup system... $49.9 million contract for shipboard infrared visual sensor systems... L-3 Communications acquires EOTech... etc.   |
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
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. |
Military & Aerospace Electronics
April 2010
John Keller |
Laser-Based Firing to Improve Reliability, Affordability, and Safety in Army Artillery Systems U.S. Army field artillery experts are trying to replace primer-based firing systems with high-temperature, diode-pumped lasers in heavy artillery to improve reliability, affordability, and safety. |
National Defense
November 2005
Robert H. Williams |
Want Fresh Water? Army Has an Answer Lightweight purifier units that can provide a continuous stream of water by a single soldier in less than 45 minutes have been ordered by the Army Tank-automotive and Armaments Command. |
National Defense
April 2005 |
Washington Pulse The cost of equipping soldiers has escalated dramatically since the beginning of the war in Iraq... Pentagon unhappy about leaked memo... Turf feud between the Air Force and the Army on how best to destroy targets on the ground continues... etc. |
National Defense
January 2007
Sandra I. Erwin |
While Still at War, Services Brood Over `What's Next?' The business of planning for the future indeed can be scary, especially when it comes to predicting when and where the nation will fight the next war. |
National Defense
May 2008
Stew Magnuson |
Fire Away: Army in a Rush to Produce New Cannon The Future Combat Systems program plans to unveil the first functioning non-line-of-sight cannon. |
National Defense
March 2007
Sandra I. Erwin |
Enjoy Your Money While You Can ... More than any other service, the Army has relied on Iraq-war funding to refurbish vehicles and acquire new hardware. However, if history is any guide, money only lasts as long as there are troops under fire. |
National Defense
August 2006
Sandra I. Erwin |
Technologies Rushed to War Face an Uncertain Future In the scramble to deliver equipment requested by commanders in Iraq and Afghanistan, the Army often bypassed its own procurement bureaucracy. |
National Defense
May 2010
Sandra I. Erwin |
Army's iPhone Dreams Clash With Reality The Army launched a competition to see if techies can design soldier-friendly smartphone applications. The contest may be premature, however, as it could be years before the Army adopts smartphones as standard soldier equipment. |
National Defense
December 2014
Stew Magnuson |
Army to Revamp, Simplify Mobile Command Posts The Army now has a goal to revamp and simplify the posts by 2019 called the command post computing environment project. |
National Defense
March 2012
Stew Magnuson |
Army, Marine Corps Face Pitfalls When it Comes to Modernizing Equipment As budgets tighten and the military reduces ground forces, the Marine Corps' failed attempt to field the Expeditionary Fighting Vehicle may serve as a case study for those hoping to modernize military equipment. |
National Defense
December 2011
Sandra I. Erwin |
Army Ponders Future Force: Not Too Large, Not Too Small, Just Right In a pep talk to Army leaders recently, Defense Secretary Leon Panetta pointed out the obvious: There aren't many countries out there building massive tank armies, and it is "unlikely that we will be re-fighting Desert Storm in the future." |
National Defense
December 2004
Sandra I. Erwin |
Obliged to Add Troops, Army Agonizes Over Costs Army Vice Chief of Staff Gen. Richard A. Cody asserts the issue that should have been more thoroughly debated by political leaders, but has largely been ignored, is not the draft, but rather how the nation will pay for the additional troops the Army requires to keep fighting in Iraq and Afghanistan. |
Parameters
Summer 2004
Mahnken & Fitzsimonds |
Tread-Heads or Technophiles? Army Officer Attitudes Toward Transformation This article presents selected results of the first systematic effort to understand officer attitudes toward transformation in recent years. |
National Defense
May 2006
Perry & Flournoy |
The U.S. Military: Under Strain And at Risk In the current debate over the nation's defense strategy and spending priorities, many have forgotten that the ground forces are under enormous strain. This strain, if not soon relieved, will have highly corrosive effects on the force. |
National Defense
April 2008
Sandra I. Erwin |
Changes to Military Strategy, In Time for the Next War Iraq is far from over, but the Defense Department is already rewriting military doctrine so that forces are adequately trained and ready for another Iraq-like conflict years or decades from now. |
National Defense
April 2006
Sandra Erwin |
An Army Under Stress: A Tale of Two Green Lines An upcoming decision on whether to begin drawing down U.S. troops in Iraq sets the stage for yet another round of inside-the-Beltway wrangling on the burdens this war is piling on the armed services. |
Military & Aerospace Electronics
November 2006
Courtney E. Howard |
The America's Army development team introduces new version, new partner AA:SF marks the 22nd update to the America's Army computer game and the third release focused on the Special Forces' role in the Global War on Terrorism. |
National Defense
November 2014
Sandra I. Erwin |
Generals Get Real About Missions, Budget Life in the "post-war" Army indeed will be different. It will not be one of dreary rotational deployments but one of multitasking and responding to unforeseen events. |
National Defense
April 2011
Sandra I. Erwin |
Army's Promise to War-Bound Soldiers: A Wireless Mobile Network If the Army's new tech-buying strategy goes according to plan, soldiers soon may be ditching paper maps, staticky radios and bulky satellite receivers. |
National Defense
July 2010
Nathaniel H. Sledge Jr. |
Prescription for Ailing Army Acquisition Army Secretary John McHugh last month ordered a comprehensive review of Army weapons acquisition practices, management and oversight. |
