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Popular Mechanics February 2009 Roxana Tiron	As Satellite Program Fails, New Plans Arise to Take its Place The Pentagon needs quick ways to get small satellites into space to fill a shortfall in battlefield communication.
National Defense September 2009 John Paul Parker	At the Age of 50, it's Time for DARPA to Rethink its Future DARPA can be rightly proud of its rich legacy of innovation. With some bureaucratic tinkering, inspiration and experimentation, it can be even more effective in the future.
National Defense July 2010 Stew Magnuson	Military Looks to Small Satellites as Costs for Large Spacecraft Grow After some 50 years of launching large, complex, multi-million dollar spacecraft, the military and industry are rethinking the way satellites are built and acquired.
National Defense June 2012 Eric Beidel	Researchers Develop Tow Truck for Space Scientists want to launch a robot into space that would remove functioning parts from retired satellites and transport them to a different orbit for continued use.
National Defense June 2004 A. Duffy Baker	Military to Increase Dependence on Commercial Communications The satellite communications industry is bullish about future growth in military business.
Popular Mechanics February 9, 2009 Glenn Reynolds	Can Obama Ban Space Weapons Successfully? Soon after President Obama took office, the White House Web site stated that the administration would seek a worldwide ban on weapons interfering with military and commercial satellites.
National Defense July 2014 Yasmin Tadjdeh	New Chinese Threats to U.S. Space Systems Worry Officials If China continues to make strides and develops weapons that reach farther, it could one day threaten key satellites in geosynchronous orbit.
IEEE Spectrum December 2009 David Schneider	Iridium Will Host Science Payloads New satellites will give space and wattage for Earth-sensing experiments.
BusinessWeek July 23, 2009	DARPA's Big Hits The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency fosters military technology. But much of its research has fueled big advances in commercial areas as well.
Military & Aerospace Electronics November 2008 Courtney E. Howard	SAIC to develop sensor based on canine sense of smell for chemical detection The quick and accurate detection and identification of chemicals and chemical combinations, such as explosives and chemical and biological weapons, is critical in military and aerospace environments.
National Defense January 2013 Stew Magnuson	Military Space Communications Lacks Direction, Critics Say The Defense Department is at a standstill when it comes to figuring out what it will require to maintain its future military space communications architecture, both industry and government officials said at a recent industry conference -- and nobody seems to be in charge.
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.
Military & Aerospace Electronics February 2008 J.R. Wilson	The Agency of Continuing Vision: DARPA Celebrates Its 50th Anniversary The U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) is celebrating its 50th anniversary, and several reviews are being written of its contributions to various areas of military and civilian science and technology
IEEE Spectrum March 2005 DeBlois et al.	Star-Crossed Should the United States, or any nation for that matter, weaponize space? From orbiting lasers to metal rods that strike from the heavens, the potential to wage war from space raises startling possibilities---and serious problems.
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National Defense October 2007 Stew Magnuson	Scientists Pursue Flexible, Adaptable Space Systems In the future, "virtual satellites" circling the globe will peer down on enemy forces.
National Defense July 2010 Stew Magnuson	Taking Out the Trash: What Can Be Done About Space Debris? What goes up doesn't necessarily come down when it comes to manmade objects orbiting the planet.
National Defense June 2008 Sandra I. Erwin	Mobile Broadband for Roaming Troops: Pipe Dream or Reality? Soldiers on the front line have little or no access to the Internet and their communication is limited to line-of-sight radios. The Defense Department is working on improving this, but will they succeed?
National Defense December 2004 Joe Pappalardo	Air Force Mulling Over Programs to Kill, Protect Satellites in Space Warfare Much to the consternation of advocates who oppose the use of arms in space, the Air Force is speaking bluntly about its right and intention to explore the orbital deployment of weapons platforms.
National Defense March 2013 Valerie Insinna	Vendor Plans to Launch Commercial Laser Satellite System Two of the U.S. military's long-standing communications problems could be solved if a new company manages to get its proposed laser-based satellite system off the ground.
National Defense May 2013 Valerie Insinna	Satellite Company Claims It Can Prevent Weather Data Gap Executives at PlanetIQ, a joint venture by several space companies, say they can solve the problem by launching a constellation of 12 low-earth orbit satellites that use a method called GPS radio occultation.
Fast Company October 19, 2011 Adam L. Penenberg	Regina Dugan's Innovative Strategy For DARPA DARPA director Regina Dugan is bringing speed and creative thinking to the Pentagon.
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Military & Aerospace Electronics May 2006 Courtney E. Howard	Lockheed Martin launches modernized satellite series Spacecraft in the modernized series are designed to benefit the military with two new signals, improved encryption, and anti-jamming capabilities.
National Defense June 2015 Stew Magnuson	Air Force to Boost Budget to Prepare for Conflicts in Space A potential conflict on Earth that escalates into space has prompted the Air Force to find an extra $5 billion to spend on offensive and defensive systems to protect national security satellites.
National Defense December 2007 Stew Magnuson	`Responsive Space' Office Must Quickly Prove Itself, Proponents Say U.S. Strategic Command was given an office space and now people are are pushing for the office to make good on their promise to deliver space-based services to field commanders in days or weeks.
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National Defense July 2011 Grace V. Jean	Remotely Piloted Aircraft Fuel Demand for Satellite Bandwidth The communications-hungry drones consume large amounts of bandwidth to pipe battlefield video feeds and other sensor data back to intelligence centers and to forces on the ground.
National Defense January 2008 Stew Magnuson	Promise of `Revolution' in Satellite Communications Faces Challenges Recently, the Air Force launched the first of five Wideband Global Satcom spacecraft, marking the first in a series of four constellations that will revolutionize the military's ability to communicate with forces on the ground.
National Defense January 2015 Stew Magnuson	Air Force Space Programs on Hold as New Architecture Studied The Air Force is in the throes of conducting several studies that service officials say may lead to a radically new space architecture. Meanwhile, getting space system acquisition right is more important than ever.
IEEE Spectrum April 2012 G. Pascal Zachary	The World According to DARPA The most famous name in American innovation today isn't Apple or Google. It's DARPA. Here's why
PC Magazine September 13, 2006	Bits & Bites v25n17 DARPA (the United States government's Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency) is working on a next-generation version of the Internet, dubbed Knowledge Based Networking.
National Defense July 2007 Stew Magnuson	Pentagon Pushes for Smaller Satellites, Faster Launches The Roadrunner satellite helps break down barriers impeding the flow of information between commanders on the ground and spacecraft, and quickly replaces assets damaged in orbit.
National Defense December 2006 Lawrence P. Farrell	DARPA Sets Tone for Technological Superiority Deputy Defense Secretary Gordon England recently noted that the greatest long-term threat to America is not weapons of mass destruction, but rather the prospect of losing our strength in science and technology.
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National Defense August 2012 Sandra I. Erwin	Air Force Budget Ax Aimed at Big-Ticket Satellites The U.S. Air Force is hoping to save hundreds of millions of dollars by converting three of its costliest satellite programs into fixed-price contracts.
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National Defense July 2011 Stew Magnuson	Air Force Embraces Small Satellites As Budget Outlook Grows Dim With the federal budget expected to shrink in the coming years, Air Force officials are already looking at ways to maintain the capabilities they must deliver to the armed services.
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National Defense June 2009 Stew Magnuson	New Satellites to Keep Watch Over Space-Based Systems Two new satellites may be launched later this year that will help the U.S. defense community better understand what is happening to the multi-million dollar spacecraft it depends on.