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Military & Aerospace Electronics April 2006	F-35 Joint Strike Fighter Gains Qualtech Systems Diagnostics Pratt & Whitney has contracted Qualtech Systems Inc. to provide on-board engine diagnostics for the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter (JSF), a new aircraft being developed for the U.S. Air Force, Navy, Marine Corps, and international air forces.
National Defense November 2005 Robert H. Williams	Strike Fighter Engine Team Gains Assist The GE Rolls-Royce fighter engine team has selected BAE Systems to produce digital electronic controls for the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter.
Military & Aerospace Electronics December 2007 Courtney E. Howard	The F-35 Joint Strike Fighter to be Controlled Via Voice Commands The F-35 Lightning II Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) will be the first U.S. fighter aircraft to employ a speech-recognition system.
National Defense June 2013 Insinna & Tadjdeh	Air Force Making Headway on Fuel Efficiency Goals The Air Force is stuck between a rock and a hard place. The service requires massive amounts of fuel to power its aircraft, but in a budget crunch, officials know they must curb consumption in order to save money and be less susceptible to a volatile oil market.
Popular Mechanics September 18, 2008 Roxana Tiron	4 High-Tech Systems to Save the U.S. Air Force From unmanned aerial vehicles that stay aloft for five years to engines that can slow down a supersonic fighter jet, a handful of important programs explained at the 2008 AFA Symposium could engineer the next generation of military aviation.
National Defense September 2015 Jon Harper	Air Force Launches Competition for Revolutionary Turbine Engine The Air Force is hoping that a prize contest will yield a revolutionary new engine that doubles the fuel efficiency of current systems.
National Defense September 2015 Stew Magnuson	F-35B Declared Combat Ready, but More Development Remains The last day of July was momentous for the Marine Corps as it declared that a squadron of F-35B joint strike fighters was ready for combat.
Military & Aerospace Electronics December 2006 John Keller	Military Aircraft Funding to Peak This Year, Decline Over Next Decade U.S. military aircraft spending will peak this year at $47 billion, and decline to $41 billion in 2017, predict analysts of the Government Electronics and Information Technology Association.
National Defense January 2005 Robert Williams	Now Hear This: New Ear Plugs on the Way Military maintenance crews may soon be the beneficiaries of a small digital device that will protect them from permanent hearing loss caused by the roar of jet fighter turbines.
The Motley Fool July 6, 2005 David Meier	GE Knows Airplanes GE is a huge player in the aircraft loan and lease market. This deal to buy about $1 billion worth of aircraft assets from CIT Group offers a perfect example of the parent advantage in business deals.
National Defense February 2010 Grace V. Jean	Army's Shadow Unmanned Aircraft Receiving Upgrades For Longer Missions When the Shadow was originally conceived, it was meant to fly only a couple hours a week. In current combat operations, the drone is supporting soldiers around-the-clock.
National Defense September 2014 Dan Parsons	Fifth-Generation Fighters Will Determine Air Dominance in Future Conflicts The Raptor is the only combat-ready fifth-generation fighter in the world. Its thrust-vectoring engines, sensor fusion technology and stealth are what define it as a generational leap from previous fighter designs.
National Defense January 2015 Sandra I. Erwin	Military Challenged to Maintain Decades-Old Aircraft The U.S. military operates fleets of Cold War-era aircraft that will not be replaced any time soon. For the Pentagon, this creates daunting challenges, experts warn. Airplanes will have to fly much longer than planned and, at a time of tight budgets, the cost of maintaining aging equipment is projected to soar.
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 February 2011 Eric Beidel	Robot Gasses Up Joint Strike Fighter Twice now a robot has successfully refueled a simulated gas tank of an F-35 fighter jet, sparking what may be a radical change in how the military services its aircraft.
National Defense September 2014 Stew Magnuson	Navy Program at Center of Drone Survivability Debate The Navy's unmanned carrier-launched airborne surveillance and strike (UCLASS) aircraft, still in the early stages of development, also has long-term requirements to carry out missions deep in an adversary's territory.
National Defense January 2007 Stew Magnuson	Aging Aircraft, War Costs Weigh Heavily in Future Budgets The Senate Appropriations Committee staffer acknowledged the conundrum the Air Force is facing.
The Motley Fool January 13, 2010 Toby Shute	Honk If You Love Fuel-Efficient Vehicles Stimulus cash revs up a promising R&D program for fuel-efficient vehicles.
National Defense September 2014 Dan Parsons	F-35 Looks to Move Past Recent Setbacks Recent months have been particularly inauspicious for the most expensive weapon system development program in U.S. history.
National Defense December 2015 Stew Magnuson	New Bomber Will Be Boon For U.S. Aerospace Industry Despite the cloud of pessimism surrounding the program's prospects, the contract award -- worth an estimated $80 billion in 2010 dollars -- will be a shot in the arm for the U.S. aerospace industry
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 June 2011 Mark Signorelli	Viewpoint: Military Vehicles Should Make Leap to Hybrid Technology One area where the military has the opportunity to apply technological lessons from the commercial sector is the adaption of hybrid-electric drive technology for tactical vehicles.
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 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 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.
BusinessWeek June 3, 2010 Ratnam et al.	GE, Pratt & Whitney, and a Big-Bucks Media War GE is using a political-style campaign to persuade Congress to keep funding the F-35 backup engine program
National Defense July 2008 Grace V. Jean	F-35 factory: One aircraft per day by 2016 Inside a manufacturing facility so large that workers routinely bike and ride golf carts down paths named after fighter jets, preparations are underway to begin mass production of the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter.
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 October 2006 Lawrence P. Farrell	Air Force Lab Aims for Relevant Research At a time when our military is transforming into high-tech forces, scientists and engineers working at Air Force laboratories not only are pursuing the next big tech breakthroughs, but they also are improving existing weapons to make them more relevant.
Military & Aerospace Electronics January 2008 J.R. Wilson	Avionics Enter the 5th Generation Advanced military aircraft such as the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter, the F-22 air-superiority jet fighter and the E-2D Hawkeye carrier-based maritime patrol and radar surveillance aircraft, will have powerful avionics systems like never seen before.
Popular Mechanics April 3, 2008 Brian Lisi	Boeing Soars With First Fuel-Cell Plane Test, but Don't Count on Hydrogen Flights Soon The first-ever manned aircraft powered by a hydrogen fuel cell successfully completed a flight in Spain this year.
Wired December 2004 Michael Behar	5 Ways to Get to Mars The pros and cons on these five different engine propulsion options for getting to Mars.
National Defense November 2015 Stew Magnuson	Air Force Research Lab Tries to Stay Ahead of Rivals The Air Force Research Laboratory has a list of what it calls five "game changers" that will help maintain the Air Force's reputation of creating cutting edge 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.
The Motley Fool November 21, 2005 W.D. Crotty	Boeing Is Coming Up Sevens A busy weekend of orders will lead to an even busier next few years. The stock is up more than 3% -- less than a dollar from its 52-week high.
Defense Update July 2008	5th Generation Fighter Dominated by the US - at Farnborough 2008 After years of progress, the F-35 Lightning II supersonic, multi-role, 5th generation stealth fighter program is accelerating the pace against other competitors
National Defense February 2012 Sandra I. Erwin	Navy's Unmanned Combat Aircraft Flying Under Cloud of Uncertainty The Navy expects to invest a growing share of its aviation research dollars in unmanned aircraft as it seeks to extend the reach and endurance of its carrier-based air wings.
National Defense July 2012 Eric Beidel	Air Force X-Plane Seeks to Solve Flutter Problems An experimental drone will fly for the first time this summer to kick off an investigation into technologies that could lead to light, flexible aircraft that can actively suppress the dangerous phenomena of flutter.
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 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.
Popular Mechanics December 2008 Mark Wolverton	Engineers to Push Business Jets Beyond the Sound Barrier In a bid to bring Mach-busting jets to wealthy travelers, aircraft vendors including Gulfstream and Lockheed Martin are designing airplanes with features that may reduce sonic booms.
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 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 May 2012 Dan Parsons	Special Operations Boost Demand for Helicopters Special operations forces have a dedicated fleet of tricked-out helicopters at their disposal, but as their workload grows, they are increasingly reliant on conventional aircraft to get their jobs done.