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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 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 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 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 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 December 2009 Sandra I. Erwin |
In the Race to Be Green, Navy Moves to the Front of the Pack The Navy is positioning itself to take the lead among the military services in the use of renewable energy and in planning for future contingencies that may result from climate change. |
National Defense February 2009 Sohbet Karbuz |
Defense Department Should Rethink Energy-Saving Tactics It is a pity that most of the Defense Department's efforts are concentrated on electricity, which accounts for less than 12 percent of military energy consumption, and not on oil, which comprises 78 percent. |
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 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 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 January 2011 Eric Beidel |
Navy Takes Biofuels Campaign Into Uncharted Waters The Pentagon of today has launched another campaign to look for homegrown solutions to its energy crisis. This crusade could have lasting impacts as the military tries to jumpstart an alternative fuels industry that needs a poster child. |
National Defense January 2011 Grace V. Jean |
Air Force Tells Biofuels Industry to 'Bring It' The Air Force within the next five years wants to be able to go on a shopping spree to snap up several hundred million gallons of alternative fuels produced within U.S. borders. |
National Defense June 2012 Eric Beidel |
Biofuels Industry at Crossroads as Military Waits for Lower Prices Military leaders like to say that their aircraft, ships and personnel can't tell the difference between petroleum and biofuel. But their budgets can. |
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 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 November 2011 |
Readers Sound off on Recent Stories Military benefits under fire... Energy security... Military acquisitions... Smartphones in the army... |
National Defense October 2015 Jon Harper |
Alternative Fuels Remain Costly for Military Services Alternative fuels remain expensive as the military services move to diversify their energy portfolios, the Government Accountability Office found. |
National Defense July 2011 Sandra I. Erwin |
High-Tech Weapon Makers Set Sights on 'Smart Microgrid' Market Pentagon contractors are looking to transition their skills in assembling complex weapon systems into the nascent market of energy microgrids. |
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 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 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. |
IEEE Spectrum August 2007 Prachi Patel-Predd |
U.S. Military in Hunt for Bio-based Jet Fuel The U.S. Department of Defense is pumping millions of dollars into projects to turn organic matter into jet fuels. If the military projects succeed, they could become a catalyst for planet-friendly commercial aviation technologies. |
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 April 2010 Grace V. Jean |
Navy's Energy Reform Initiatives Raise Concerns Among Shipbuilders The secretary of the Navy's announcement last fall of several initiatives to wean the sea service off fossil fuels has generated excitement but also some trepidation among energy researchers and defense contractors. |
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 August 2012 Sandra I. Erwin |
Defense Energy: Market Holds Promise, and Plenty of Caveats The big daddy of military renewable energy projects is the Obama administration's directive for the U.S. military to deploy 3 gigawatts -- enough to power 2 to 3 million homes -- of renewable energy, including solar, wind, biomass and geothermal, by 2025. |
National Defense November 2011 Beidel et al. |
10 Technologies the U.S. Military Will Need For the Next War Examples are faster and quieter helicopters, advanced crowd-control weapons, lighter infantry equipment that doesn't overburden troops, ultra-light trucks and better battlefield communications. |
National Defense September 2006 Stew Magnuson |
Army Explores Alternative Ways to Add Power on Battlefields Several military laboratories are looking into fuel cell technology to give soldiers the extra juice they need to operate equipment loaded onto humvees and other vehicles. |
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 May 2007 Breanne Wagner |
Air Force energy-saving plans face technical, financial hurdles The Air Force is proposing new measures to cut aviation fuel consumption by 10 percent within the next six years. Among the initiatives is to conventional fuel with synthetic alternatives. |
National Defense November 2014 Yasmin Tadjdeh |
New Energy Technologies Could Provide Military With Inexhaustible Power Sources The Defense Department will need renewable energy sources that can juice up soldier equipment, sustain weapon systems and power bases, all while reducing the department's logistical tail and reliance on fossil fuels. |
National Defense April 2010 Sandra I. Erwin |
Marines Take Unusual Steps to Reduce Fuel Demand In Afghanistan, marines are being challenged to unusual lengths. They must set up forward-operating bases, or FOBs, in areas with zero infrastructure. |
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. |
National Defense May 2011 Sandra I. Erwin |
Army, Marines Face Uphill Battle To Lighten Troops' Battery Load Troops deploy with more electronic gear than ever: Flashlights, radios, GPS receivers, computers, cameras, mp3 players, small robots, all of which have to be constantly charged. |
Chemistry World July 12, 2012 |
US Navy goes green with biofuel plants The US Navy has joined with the energy and agriculture departments to commission private companies to build multiple commercial-scale biofuel refinery plants to supply its ships and planes. |
National Defense May 2008 Breanne Wagner |
Market for Synthetic Aviation Fuels Off to a Shaky Start Makers of synthetic fuel are eager to offer their wares to the military as a lower cost and nationally produced alternative to petroleum-based products. |
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 June 2009 Sandra I. Erwin |
Defense Must Measure True Cost of Fuel, Says Ashton Carter The Pentagon must factor the additional transportation and security costs associated with each weapon system, said the undersecretary of defense for acquisition, technology and logistics. |
National Defense October 2011 Sandra I. Erwin |
Pentagon Should Think Twice Before It Cuts Ground Forces, Historians Warn In the wake of every conflict since World War II, ground troops have been declared obsolete. And each time, the prognosticators have been wrong, says military historian John C. McManus. |
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 January 2008 Sandra I. Erwin |
Bigger Budgets Disguise Larger Fiscal Dilemmas Nowhere is the financial outlook for the Defense Department more uncertain than in the procurement budget. |
National Defense June 2011 Sandra I. Erwin |
Cries of 'Hollow Military' Stifle Rational Debate on Future Spending President Obama has called for $400 billion in Pentagon cuts over the next 12 years, and to some defense officials and lawmakers, this is just the opening salvo of a campaign to tear down the U.S. military. |
IEEE Spectrum November 2008 Robert N. Charette |
What's Wrong with Weapons Acquisitions? Escalating complexity, a shortage of trained workers, and crass politicization mean that most programs to develop new military systems fail to meet expectations. |
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 February 2009 Matthew Rusling |
High-Tech Vehicles Promise Fuel Savings -- Years From Now For the Army, trying to cut its fuel use to significantly lower levels is simply not possible with its current fleet. Its old, gas-guzzling engines can be tweaked, but real fuel economy requires a shift to hybrid-electric technology |
National Defense July 2015 Philip H. Cullom |
Being Energy Smart Creates More Combat Capability Energy is at the core of U.S. Navy capabilities. Without nuclear power or liquid fuels, Navy ships cannot operate. Without charged batteries, SEALs' radios and night vision goggles are useless. |
National Defense August 2009 Sandra I. Erwin |
Future War: How The Game is Changing "It's hard to concentrate on a grand strategy when your house is on fire," said Marine Corps Gen. James Mattis, head of U.S. Joint Forces Command. Even as they cope with the frantic demands of two major wars, military leaders say they have a clearer sense of the future than they did in the 1990s. |
National Defense August 2009 Stew Magnuson |
Recovery Act to Inject More Funds Into Military Fuel Cell Research The Obama administration announced plans to spend $20 million of Recovery Act funding on military fuel cell technology. The Defense Department's director of defense research and engineering office will be spearheading these efforts. |
National Defense July 2006 |
It Does Not Pay to Be `Too Relevant' Skyrocketing War Costs Are Putting Pressure on the Pentagon... Politicians Should Help the Troops... Military Must Learn to Live With Contractors... Navy Making Tough Calls in Aviation... |
BusinessWeek July 23, 2009 Steve LeVine |
Can the Military Find the Answer to Alternative Energy? DARPA, the Defense Dept. agency that helped invent the Internet, is setting its sights on clean-tech. |