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National Defense February 2010 Sandra I. Erwin	Tough to Free Troops From Oppressive Tyranny of Fuel The current wars have exposed a previously ignored military vulnerability: the huge dependence on fossil fuels.
National Defense April 2010 Sandra I. Erwin	How Much Does the Pentagon Pay for a Gallon of Gas? Two Defense Science Board studies have criticized the Pentagon for not having reliable methods of measuring what is known as the "fully burdened" cost of fuel (FBCF).
National Defense November 2009 Sandra I. Erwin	Among Pentagon Buyers, Much Angst About IT The Pentagon procurement system treats information technology as if it were a weapon system, and may take a decade to acquire. By the time the technology is fielded, it is five generations too old.
National Defense July 2010 Sandra I. Erwin	Air Force: To Save Fuel, We Must Change How We Fly The Pentagon in recent years has launched umpteen projects to promote the use of renewable energy and lower consumption of fossil fuels.
National Defense April 2007 Sandra I. Erwin	Defense Seeking $131M For Energy-Saving Projects The Pentagon has asked Congress for $131 million to develop energy-saving technologies during the next five years to fund a mix of fuel cells, generators and engine technologies.
National Defense October 2013 Valerie Insinna	Military's Fuel Tracking System Could Expand to Private Sector GlobalTrak -- a Dulles, Va. -- based cargo-tracking company -- announced in July it had completed its shipment of fuel-monitoring systems to Afghanistan for Defense Logistics Agency contractors who transport oil across the country's dangerous roads.
National Defense August 2009	Readers Sound Off on Recent Stories Readers weigh in on competition for defense contracts and the true cause of cost overruns in defense spending.
National Defense August 2009 Stew Magnuson	Ensuring No One Pays the 'Ultimate Price' for Fuel Becomes New Goal After three decades of using the same technology, a new family of generators, the advanced medium mobile power sources, are in the pipeline. They will be more fuel efficient and quieter and could save up to $800 million in fuel costs per year.
National Defense September 2011 Sandra I. Erwin	Defense Energy: Small, Incremental Steps Do Better Than Sweeping Reforms The Air Force saved $700 million in its five-year fuel budget just by redirecting flights through shorter routes and choreographing more efficient itineraries for cargo deliveries.
National Defense September 2015 Sandra I. Erwin	Management Shakeup Looms at Defense When a new secretary of defense takes the helm at the Pentagon at the outset of the next administration, he or she will have to deal with a potentially chaotic staff reorganization that Congress signed into law.
National Defense May 2009 Sandra I. Erwin	Prolonged Wars Tax Military Capacity to Deploy Electricity The war in Afghanistan is testing the limits of "deployable energy."
National Defense April 2012 Sandra I. Erwin	Amid Political Backlash, Pentagon Pushes Forward With Green Energy Military and civilian defense officials responsible for green initiatives increasingly are flummoxed and frustrated by the demonization of renewable energy. When did efforts to save lives and money become cheap partisan fodder?
National Defense June 2012 Lawrence P. Farrell Jr.	New American Oil Boom: Will it Slow DoD's Renewable Energy Momentum? The Defense Department has been focused over two administrations on energy efficiency at the national and defense levels.
National Defense November 2006 Lawrence P. Farrell Jr.	Defense Leading the Way in Energy Savings Our enormous national appetite for energy at last has emerged as a national security issue. The Pentagon, fortunately, is now assuming a leadership role in areas spanning energy-saving technologies and alternative fuels.
National Defense February 2009 Sandra I. Erwin	Electric Cars for Army Posts, But Fuel Guzzlers for Combat Electricity-powered golf carts are a staple on military bases in the United States. The Army now is asking manufacturers to design a larger and more sophisticated version of the electric golf cart in order to possibly replace thousands of fuel-guzzling sedans and SUVs.
National Defense July 2007 Lawrence P. Farrell Jr.	National Security and Energy Inextricably Linked Weather and energy have become focal points of a much needed discussion in the United States about climate change, energy dependence and, not surprisingly, national security.
National Defense December 2009 Sandra I. Erwin	Gargantuan Thirst for Fuel Creates Logistical Nightmare for Marines The next step for the Marine Corps is to evaluate what products and technologies may be available in government, academia and the private sector to address these energy problems.
National Defense February 2007 Sandra I. Erwin	Digital Age Logistics Systems Still No Panacea for Troops Providing essential supplies and services to troops on the front lines ranks increasingly consumes larger bites of the Pentagon's half-trillion-dollar annual budget.
National Defense August 2006 Erwin & Magnuson	Hackers Victimize Transportation Command U.S. Transportation Command prompted to tighten its security after cyber-attacks... National Guard complain about insufficient equipment... Air Force thinks of ways to cut back on fuel costs... Worldwide military spending soars...
National Defense September 2011 Sandra I. Erwin	As Pressure Grows to Cut Spending, the True Cost of Weapons Is Anyone's Guess A decade of soaring Pentagon spending is coming to an end, and it is leaving behind considerable fiscal wreckage.
National Defense May 2009 Sandra I. Erwin	Gates: Industry Unharmed By Program Cancellations The Pentagon needs to stop buying "exquisite" technology that does not meet real military needs in favor of larger quantities of critical items.
National Defense April 2011 Sandra I. Erwin	Contractors Advised to Focus Less On Stock Prices, More on Customers Pentagon contractors will have to think differently about their business if they want to maintain or improve the financial performance they have enjoyed over the past decade, insiders say.
National Defense February 2004 Geoff S. Fein	Military Fuel-Cell Programs Not Yet Ready for Prime Time While the commercial industry is taking significant steps forward in the adoption of fuel cell technology, military researchers are taking a wait-and-see approach, expressing concern that fuel cells so far have not proven they can work in combat environments.
National Defense July 2013 Sandra I. Erwin	Pentagon Tries to Recapture Tech Glory Days After spending $50 billion over the past decade on failed weapons programs, the Pentagon is grasping for answers. Assorted procurement reforms have been tried, but they have delivered only marginal results.
National Defense April 2007 Breanne Wagner	Alternative Power Sources Sought for Remote Bases Mobile generators that produce renewable energy are about to be fielded by the Army's Rapid Equipping Force in Iraq and Afghanistan.
National Defense May 2011 Sandra I. Erwin	Army's Energy Battle Plan: Attack Fuel Demand The well-documented vulnerability of military supply convoys and greater awareness of the problem, however, have not yet diminished U.S. forces' enormous appetite for fuel.
National Defense May 2015 Sandra I. Erwin	Procurement Issues That Congress Won't Fix The new foreign policy mantra in Washington is that the world is on fire. The nation's weapons procurement machine, meanwhile, keeps partying like it's 1999.
The Motley Fool December 7, 2005 Brian Gorman	Is Defense Safe? Recent news from the Pentagon looks positive for the industry, but investors shouldn't be quick to assume they've dodged a bullet.
The Motley Fool June 30, 2010 Rich Smith	Pentagon to Defense Contractors: We've Got Your Back As Defense Secretary Robert Gates reiterated plans to cut in excess of $100 billion from Pentagon spending over the next five years, they also try to reassure that they're not out to hurt anyone -- least of all investors.
National Defense February 2012 Eric Beidel	Improving Bad Driving Habits Can Lead to Fuel Savings in Military Vehicles Experts are focusing on smaller changes -- both to the vehicles and how they are operated. This includes taking a hard look at who is driving them.
National Defense May 2010 Sandra I. Erwin	Without Radical Change, Many More Defense Programs Will End Up Like JSF The breathless hype over the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter's soaring costs and schedule slips clouds a much bigger acquisition predicament for the Pentagon: How to stop more programs from ending up like JSF.
National Defense September 2006 Sandra I. Erwin	Energy Conservation Plans Overlook Military Realities Are skyrocketing oil prices just a temporary drain on the U.S. economy or a lasting national security threat?
National Defense April 2009 Sandra I. Erwin	Military Hardware: What Do Users Want? At a time when the Pentagon is under orders to make "tough choices" about which weapons it should acquire, military buyers may want to consider paying more attention to what troops in the field really need.
National Defense November 2012 Sandra I. Erwin	More Than Money, Defense Needs Compelling Narrative Pentagon watchers already are warning that this is no time for business as usual, considering the domestic political climate and the fiscal crunch that could put defense spending in the cross hairs of a future deficit-reduction deal.
IndustryWeek April 1, 2007 Jill Jusko	Ready For Prime Time Fuel cells remain a work in progress, but products are available for purchase now.
National Defense June 2006 Sandra Erwin	Commanders' Wish List Makes for Wishful Thinking Since the early days of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, much of the Pentagon's equipment buys have fulfilled critical battlefield needs. But the Pentagon has failed to deliver in some areas, especially in those involving information technologies.
National Defense September 2007 Sandra I. Erwin	Defense Dept. Begins New Effort to Better Track Military Supplies The Defense Department expects to unveil this month its latest plan to improve the management and distribution of combat supplies, repair parts and materials that make up the Pentagon's $162 billion logistics chain.
National Defense October 2009 Schmitigal & Le Pera	Army Testing Fire Resistant Fuels for Combat Vehicles In response to the growing threat of roadside bombs to military vehicles and troops, the Army currently is working on various projects to develop a fire resistant fuel.
National Defense June 2013 Dan Parsons	Marines Hope to Preserve Advances in Renewable Energy Over the past 10 years, the Marines have made significant inroads to becoming self-sustaining in the field because saving energy and water translates directly to moving faster and killing more bad guys.
IndustryWeek October 1, 2008 David Blanchard	You Can't Slow Down The Supply Chain Manufacturers are responding to high fuel prices by restructuring their logistics operations.
National Defense May 2009 Sandra I. Erwin	Military's Green Projects Could Benefit the Nation The Pentagon is better positioned than most other agencies to lead the way in renewable energy.
National Defense September 2004 Giannini & Pera	Military Needs Efficient Fuel-Buying Process The increasing burden associated with the logistics of fuel supply and distribution has spawned the need for greater energy efficiency and flexibility in procuring fuels.
National Defense March 2012 Sandra I. Erwin	Pentagon Budget Cuts Are Only Prelude to Future 'Grand Bargain' Politicians and think tanks have been hyperventilating over the $487 billion budget cut that the Pentagon will have to make during the next decade.
Chemistry World November 11, 2014 Rebecca Trager	700 US troops report possible chemical agent exposure An internal Pentagon review has found that 734 US troops reported potential exposure to chemical warfare agents while serving in Iraq and Afghanistan between 2004 and 2010.
National Defense July 2009 Jeff Smith	Defense Department's Energy Strategy Debated The Defense Department is making progress reducing energy demand, but it has a long way to go to meet the federal government's aggressive targets, military and government officials said.
National Defense July 2012 Sandra I. Erwin	Defense Industry Targets $150B Weapons Maintenance Market Operations and support, or operations and sustainment, is military-speak for the unglamorous work of maintaining, refurbishing and overhauling Pentagon hardware, some of which is decades old.
National Defense December 2007 Sandra I. Erwin	For Contractors in War Zones, Business Will Keep Growing The constant sniping in Washington about military contractors ignores the inescapable conclusion that the privatization of government functions not only is here to stay, but is going to get bigger.
The Motley Fool October 6, 2008 Zoe Van Schyndel	A Strange Safe Haven for Skittish Investors The Progressive Transportation fund offers investors exposure to companies that use technology to improve fuel efficiency or reduce energy costs.
National Defense August 2005 Sandra I. Erwin	Looming Budget Cutbacks Underpin Defense Strategy How long the fighting in Iraq will last is anyone's guess. It seems quite certain, however, that mounting war costs will be wreaking financial havoc on many of the military's prized weapon systems. Are decision makers at the Pentagon guilty of shortsightedness?
National Defense January 2010 Sandra I. Erwin	Defense, Industry Upheaval Defined By 10 Key Moments Here's a look back at 10 key moments that defined the decade for the military and the defense industry.