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Military & Aerospace Electronics September 2004	Army Tactical Operations Centers in Iraq use RGB Spectrum's display technology The new TOC had to meet portability requirements of the infantry command and integrate numerous live battlefield images into a centralized observation and command center.
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Military & Aerospace Electronics March 2010	Vetronics Upgrade for M109A6-PIM Self-Propelled Field Artillery Uses Rugged Displays From RGB Spectrum RGB is providing its QuadView XLRT multiviewer multi-data point integrated display to enhance the combat vehicle operator's situational awareness.
Military & Aerospace Electronics March 2008 Edward J. Walsh	Navy Advances Surface-Ship Technologies Program managers go all-out on open systems and COTS to upgrade existing destroyers, cruisers, and other surface warships, while looking ahead to new destroyer and cruiser electronics and electro-optics technologies.
Military & Aerospace Electronics March 2006 Ed Walsh	The Next Step for Shipboard Electronics Growth of the U.S. Navy's fleet of surface warships and submarines is riding on systems innovation and new technologies to introduce open-systems solutions for network-centric warfare, ballistic-missile defense, and other capabilities for the 21st century maritime warfare.
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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.
Military & Aerospace Electronics February 2008 Courtney E. Howard	U.S. Navy Gains Remote Multi-Mission Vehicle to Combat Underwater Mines Lockheed Martin has delivered the Remote Multi-Mission Vehicle (RMMV) to the U.S. Navy, boosting the mine countermeasures capability of Arleigh Burke-class destroyers and littoral combat ships (LCS).
National Defense August 2007 Sandra I. Erwin	Inefficient Shipbuilding Jeopardizes Navy's Expansion Goals The Navy owns 277 ships, but somehow manages to keep 551 different engines in its inventory. Such inefficients partly explain why the cost of buying and maintaining ships has spiraled out of control.
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National Defense April 2008 Sandra I. Erwin	As the Cost of Sailors Rises, Navy Finds Ways to Get Them Off Ships Navy ships in the future may go to sea with fewer, but perhaps happier sailors.
National Defense March 2006 Sandra I. Erwin	Navy Seeks to Avert Precipitous Decline in the Size of the Fleet An ambitious Navy plan to expand the size of the fleet not only assumes a considerable surge in spending, but also a fundamental shift in the preparation and execution of ship programs, senior officials say.
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National Defense July 2010 Grace V. Jean	What It Will Take for the Navy to Deploy a 'Green' Carrier Strike Group Navy Secretary Ray Mabus announced with much fanfare plans to deploy a "green" carrier strike group in 2016.
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National Defense August 2011 Grace V. Jean	Drone Sensor Data Will Overload Networks, Navy Officials Warn The expected growth of unmanned systems at sea is raising concerns that the Navy's networks are ill prepared to handle the commensurate flood of data that the sensors will produce.
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National Defense September 2010 Grace V. Jean	Duty Aboard the Littoral Combat Ship: 'Grueling but Manageable' The Navy will soon decide which version of the Littoral Combat Ship it will buy. Selecting the ship model, however, is only the beginning of what could be a long, arduous adjustment for sailors who will be serving aboard these new vessels.
National Defense September 2009 Grace V. Jean	Navy Rethinks How It Maintains Surface Combatants Facing readiness problems in surface combatants, the Navy is redoubling its efforts to improve fleet maintenance.
National Defense July 2004 Roxana Tiron	Multinational Naval Exercises Welcome in Southeast Asia In an effort to increase force interoperability and security in Southeast Asia, the U.S. Navy's 7th Fleet participates in a series of bi-lateral exercises with other navies in the region. The planner behind some of these exercises is the Logistics Group, Western Pacific.
National Defense April 2014 Stew Magnuson	Navy Ship Numbers for Asia-Pacific Shift Don't Add Up The Defense Department's strategic shift to the Asia-Pacific region has gone hand in hand with a budget crunch, which in turn may test the Navy's ability to maintain a sufficient number of ships to carry out a global mission, analysts said.
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National Defense March 2012 Eric Beidel	Navy Leaders Want a More Flexible Fleet After fighting two land wars for a decade, the military is putting an emphasis back on the sea and is shifting its focus to the Asia-Pacific region and to a more maritime-weighted mission in the Middle East.
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National Defense January 2008 Grace V. Jean	Ship Construction Costs Endanger Navy's Fleet Expansion With runaway shipbuilding costs, disruptions in key programs and competing budgetary needs, the Navy is heading into one of its toughest procurement cycles yet.
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