Defense & Aerospace

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National Defense February 2016 Chris Wiedemann	Finance, Health Care, Agriculture Play Key Roles in Critical Infrastructure Protection Anyone looking to support the mission of critical infrastructure protection outside of DHS should be reaching out to the Departments of Treasury, Health and Human Services, and Agriculture.
National Defense February 2016 Ashley Johnson	Naval Energetics Research Needs Renewed Focus While other nations are making strides in energetic material development, the United States has remained dormant.
National Defense February 2016 Yasmin Tadjdeh	Congress Boosts Coast Guard Budget The Coast Guard has often been characterized as perennially underfunded, but thanks to Congress, the service received a major boost to its acquisition accounts for fiscal year 2016.
National Defense February 2016 Stew Magnuson	Planetary Defense: A New Hot Market With little fanfare, NASA in January opened up its planetary defense coordination office with a mandate to identify potential chunks of rock hurdling toward Earth and to stop them if possible.
National Defense February 2016 Allyson Versprille	Lockheed Expands Training and Simulation Enterprise Lockheed Martin is increasing investments in training and simulation technologies with the expectation that international and domestic demand for such systems will remain strong, said executives for the defense contractor.
National Defense February 2016 Stew Magnuson	DHS Opens Silicon Valley Office in Search of Innovation The Department of Homeland Security in January opened an office in the heart of Silicon Valley seeking innovation at companies that don't normally do business with the federal government.
National Defense February 2016 Stew Magnuson	New Generation of Commercial Satellites to Benefit Military Commercial satellite communications providers are in the process of launching a new generation of high-capacity spacecraft that will be a boon for their military customers.
National Defense February 2016 Jon Harper	Pentagon Chief Deals Blow to Navy's LCS The Navy's littoral combat ship/frigate program took a major hit recently when Secretary of Defense Ash Carter suggested the service should slash planned procurement from 52 to 40 ships, a 23 percent cut.
National Defense February 2016 Jon Harper	Air Force Facing Budgetary Train Wreck Absent a major increase in topline funding, the Air Force acquisition budget will experience a crunch in the 2020s, analysts said.
National Defense February 2016 Craig R. McKinley	New Blood May Stem Industry Consolidation At the National Defense Industrial Association we are concerned about the shrinkage of the defense industrial base that has occurred over the past two decades.
National Defense February 2016 Jon Harper	Homeland Missile Defense Projects Remain in Limbo Uncertainty surrounds the future of homeland missile defense at a time of budget constraints and technology challenges.
National Defense February 2016 Jon Harper	Defense Department Moving Slowly on 'Internet of Things' The "Internet of Things" is a key component of the military's modernization strategy. But the Pentagon is behind the curve due to security concerns and other impediments, cyber experts said.
National Defense February 2016 Sandra I. Erwin	CEOs Not Yet Ready to Take a Gamble Defense executives don't have clear answers as they weigh investment choices in an uncertain market.
National Defense February 2016 Fenster et al.	Don't Bank on Relief from DCAA Audits The Truth in Negotiations Act is a statute with which defense contractors are likely familiar. It requires contractors to submit current, accurate and complete cost or pricing data when negotiating certain contracts with the government.
National Defense February 2016 Yasmin Tadjdeh	United Kingdom Creating Defense Innovation Cell The United Kingdom is investing more than $1 billion to fund cutting edge defense technology, said the country's secretary of state for defense.
National Defense February 2016 Allyson Versprille	Army Tests Counter-Drone Technology To combat the increased use of small drones by adversaries, the Army is looking to develop technology that will more effectively counter them.
National Defense February 2016 Yasmin Tadjdeh	Wearable Device to Assist First Responders The device, which was developed by Mutualink, a Wallingford, Connecticut-based communication and multimedia company, can be used to give agencies and commanders better situational awareness.
National Defense February 2016 Allyson Versprille	Emergency Military Network to Go Under Sea Military scientists are developing a rapidly deployable undersea network, which could restore tactical military communications that are compromised by adversaries.
National Defense February 2016 Yasmin Tadjdeh	DARPA Investing in Vanishing Air Vehicles The project, which is being spearheaded by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, is known as the "inbound, controlled, air-releasable, unrecoverable systems" (ICARUS) program.
National Defense February 2016 Allyson Versprille	3D Database to Improve Simulated Flight Training Rockwell Collins has unveiled a synthetic database to model environments across the globe that will reduce simulated training costs while improving military readiness, according to a company executive.
National Defense January 2016 Yasmin Tadjdeh	Navy's Long-Endurance Underwater Drone to Begin Deep-Ocean Navigation The system has been in the works for years. It is being designed as an underwater vehicle that can travel across oceans for long periods of time without refueling.
National Defense January 2016 Stew Magnuson	China Taking Steps to Make Aircraft Carrier Fully Operational The carriers are part of a master plan to transform the nation from a "continental power" to a "maritime power," experts at a recent Heritage Foundation discussion said.
National Defense January 2016 Jon Harper	Marine Corps Develops Equipment Wish List The Marine Corps is looking for new capabilities as it prepares to return to its amphibious roots and operate in more challenging environments.
National Defense January 2016 Thomas B. McVey	Executives: Be Wary of Export Regulations One of the important legal requirements facing defense contractors is compliance with International Traffic in Arms Regulations and export controls.
National Defense January 2016 Jon Harper	Budget Deal Won't End Defense Funding Debate Powerful lawmakers will seek a higher topline for defense than what was agreed upon in the recent Bipartisan Budget Act of 2015, according to a senior congressional staffer.
National Defense January 2016 Jon Harper	Modernization 'Slowdowns' Anticipated in FY 2017 Unless it receives additional funding, the Defense Department will likely tap the brakes on some modernization programs in fiscal year 2017, the Pentagon comptroller said recently.
National Defense January 2016 Yasmin Tadjdeh	Defense Industry Developing Systems to Defeat Enemy Drones Experts and company executives envision a future where new technology employed by the military or government agencies could spot rogue or hostile drones, identify them and even commandeer or stop them mid-air.
National Defense January 2016 Sandra I. Erwin	The Rise of the Machines? ... Not So Fast Robots working in tandem with troops are said to be the next big thing in defense technology.
National Defense January 2016 Stew Magnuson	More Learning, Less Testing to Boost STEM The defense and aerospace workers of the 21st century will need more than expertise in STEM fields. They will need to be creative, critical thinkers, and they will need to know how to work in teams to solve problems.
National Defense January 2016 Sid Ashworth	Turning Point Coming for National Security The national security landscape has seen significant change over the past five years. The number of deployed forces declined by more than 60 percent from 2011 to the start of 2016, and the Budget Control Act of 2011 ushered in a period of uncertainty.
National Defense January 2016 Cassidy et al.	Defense Increases Scrutiny of Supply Chain The Defense Department has offered some clarification on how it plans to deal with suppliers that pose potential security risks.
National Defense January 2016 Sandra I. Erwin	Special Operations Equipment Plugs Into the Digital Revolution U.S. Air Force elite forces known as "special tactics airmen" will be going to war with a modern suite of portable electronics, including a newly developed system that guides fighter jets to enemy targets.
National Defense January 2016 Stew Magnuson	Marines Prepare to Fight at Sea, on the Ground, From the Air After more than a decade of slogging counterinsurgency warfare, the Marine Corps is preparing for the conflicts of the future.
National Defense January 2016 Stephanie Meloni	Defense Department Assuming Growing Cyber Security Role The Defense Department sees cyber as a domain that spans air, land, sea and space, but it struggles with how to handle it as a war fighting domain to best protect the nation.
National Defense January 2016 Gaudry & Golladay	What Happens When the Feds Decide an Invention Is 'Secret?' The Invention Secrecy Act provides authority for keeping inventions secret if the publication or disclosure of the invention would be detrimental to national security.
Fast Company Daniel Terdiman	Burn! Amazon CEO Suggests Sending Donald Trump Into Space Given that Bezos's rocket company Blue Origin launched, and then landed, a reusable rocket last month, it's not entirely clear if he was offering Trump a one-way ride, or a round-trip.
Fast Company Neal Ungerleider	NASA: We're Leaving The Space Station To The Private Sector Due to a combination of government budget cuts and declining costs for the private sector, private space companies have increasingly taken over space exploration and logistics for the U.S.
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