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Popular Mechanics
July 14, 2008
Erik Sofge |
Top 5 High-Tech Guns for Next-Gen Infantry Reviews of five new weapons technologies are provided   |
Popular Mechanics
July 14, 2008 |
B-2 Stealth Bomber Crash Scene Photos: Exclusive First Look Popular Mechanics.com has obtained the first still photos of the February accident -- and they're pretty stunning. |
Popular Mechanics
August 2008
Erik Sofge |
New Military Robots to Face Off in Two Summer Contests Singapore and the United Kingdom are staging robotics competitions this August to develop their own autonomous war machines. |
The Motley Fool
July 10, 2008
Rich Smith |
Boeing's Boffo Day Good news comes in pairs. |
The Motley Fool
July 10, 2008
Rich Smith |
Foolish Forecast: Rockwell Collins on the Radar Views you can use to get clues on tomorrow's news. |
The Motley Fool
July 9, 2008
Rich Smith |
AeroVironment: Good Kitty After soaring 10% over the course of the past week, shares of unmanned aerial vehicle maker AeroVironment have finally settled on a cruising altitude near an all-time high. |
The Motley Fool
July 9, 2008
Rich Smith |
Russia Growls; Investors Listen Russia's increasing bellicosity means that there's a continuing need for "Big Defense" in the U.S. Aircraft carriers. Nuclear subs. Tanks. And yes, missile defense. Defense contractors should cheer. |
The Motley Fool
July 9, 2008
Rich Smith |
General Dynamics Trumps the Competition In the race to defend airspace, the Counter Man-Portable Airspace Protection System demonstrates a couple new tricks. |
The Motley Fool
July 9, 2008
Rich Smith |
Lockheed's Trillion-Dollar Warplane Make that a trillion -- 1,000,000,000 -- dollars that Lockheed Martin may reap from sales of its F-35 Lightning II warplane over the next 57 years. |
Popular Mechanics
July 1, 2008
Michael Milstein |
4 Real-Life WALL*E Robots Cleaning Up After Nuke Waste Much like the fictional cleaning robot currently packing movie theaters, robots are being used to clean humanity's worst messes. |
Military & Aerospace Electronics
June 2008
John Keller |
Radar technology looks to the future Modern radar systems are combining advanced materials, solid-state modules, digital signal processors, and complex A-D converters to give a better look to military and civilian users who need the best possible capability in small, compact, and efficient packages. |
Military & Aerospace Electronics
June 2008
Courtney E. Howard |
Small science makes a big influence Micro-electro-mechanical systems and nanotechnology continue to solve challenges in military and defense applications. |
Military & Aerospace Electronics
June 2008
Tom Litrenta |
Advances in radar processing Single-channel radar systems require many processors to keep up with today's demanding real time I/O requirements. Thus, multicore processors have become an extremely attractive alternative. |
Military & Aerospace Electronics
June 2008
Courtney E. Howard |
Scientists to develop miniature military robots U.S. Army, academic, and industry scientists are combining efforts to improve warfighter situational awareness with miniature robots inspired by biologic organisms found in nature. |
Military & Aerospace Electronics
June 2008
John McHale |
Unstable and uncertain world drives military technology investment Two major wars and significant global instability ensure a need for spending on defense technology. Remarks by Peter Cavill at the 2008 Critical Embedded Systems Mediafest last month. |
Military & Aerospace Electronics
June 2008
John McHale |
Curtiss-Wright Controls announces another VPX win Officials at Curtiss-Wright Controls Embedded Computing won their second military design-in of their VPX products for a U.S. Army's Future Combat Systems program application |
Military & Aerospace Electronics
June 2008
John McHale |
Misunderstanding of COTS can hurt the military, says embedded computer expert Commercial off-the-shelf military embedded suppliers have done well in recent years, but many misperceptions still remain about the term COTS and how it affects the final product deployed to troops in the field |
Military & Aerospace Electronics
June 2008 |
In Brief Contract news from Boeing, Northrop Grumman, Raytheon, BAE Systems and NASA Polar satellite ends service after 12 years |
Military & Aerospace Electronics
June 2008 |
U.S. Marine Corps installs advanced geospatial technology across 65,000 desktops U.S. Marine Corps officers wanted to help their personnel use and share digital maps online, so they turned to TerraGo Technologies in Atlanta. |
Military & Aerospace Electronics
June 2008 |
German navy adopts Sabtech NTDS networking equipment German navy officials needed a military shipboard tactical network to deploy as the maritime component of the United Nations Interim Force In Lebanon international peacekeeping force off the coast of Lebanon. |
Military & Aerospace Electronics
June 2008 |
Barco to supply control display unit avionics for C-27J joint cargo aircraft Engineers at L-3 Communications Integrated Systems in Waco, Texas, needed control display systems for their work on the C-27J joint cargo aircraft. |
Military & Aerospace Electronics
June 2008 |
Insitu selects RTI for unmanned aerial vehicle products Real-Time Innovations in San Jose, Calif., is providing its real-time messaging middleware to Insitu Inc. in Bingen, Wash., for long-endurance, unmanned aerial vehicles. |
Military & Aerospace Electronics
June 2008 |
NASA chooses Space Micro's radiation-detection hardware for research satellite Scientists at the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md., needed space-qualified instruments for their Living with a Star space environments test bed experiment hardware. |
National Defense
July 2008
Lawrence P. Farrell Jr. |
Difficult Choices Lie Ahead for The Nation's Military Services Much discussion -- even hand wringing -- is taking place among the military, Congress and defense industry about where finite resources need to be placed. |
National Defense
July 2008
Sandra I. Erwin |
Pentagon Bracing for Yet Another Round of Turf Battles Touchy issues about the division of labor within the Defense Department have, in years past, triggered turf battles that would make Machiavelli proud. |
National Defense
July 2008
Sandra I. Erwin |
Much `Unfinished Business' For the Next Administration Commentary on unmanned aircraft, defense industry conflicts of interest, futuristic weapons, and being prepared to support scientific research in key areas. |
National Defense
July 2008
Stew Magnuson |
Canines' Contributions to Homeland Security Missions Documented As the Department of Homeland Security spends billions on high-technology solutions to secure the border, it's easy to overlook the humble working dog. |
National Defense
July 2008
Grace V. Jean |
Bug-Sized `Bots for the Urban Battle The Army Research Laboratory in April awarded a $37 million contract to BAE Systems to develop biologically based surveillance and reconnaissance robots to help soldiers conduct urban warfare. |
National Defense
July 2008
Sandra I. Erwin |
Export Controls: a Contentious Issue Reaching a `Boiling Point' Stringent U.S. controls on exports of military technology may help keep advanced weapons out of enemy hands, but they also are making it tougher for the United States to get the best available weapons for its armed forces |
National Defense
July 2008
Stew Magnuson |
Office Seeks to Quickly Field Counter-Terrorism Technologies Ben Riley, director of the Defense Department's rapid reaction technology office, wants to tell vendors, laboratories or anyone else who has a gadget that can help defeat terrorists, insurgents or other bad guys, that he's here to help. |
National Defense
July 2008
Breanne Wagner |
Marines Likely to Curtail Ground-Vehicle Wish List The Marine Corps is struggling to keep its ground-vehicle modernization plans afloat. |
National Defense
July 2008
Breanne Wagner |
Big Dog' Could Become A Marine's Best Friend Dogs are said to be man's best friend. Marine Corps officials hope that a new four-legged robot called "Big Dog" will be a Marine's best friend. |
National Defense
July 2008
Breanne Wagner |
Marine Corps Lab Eyes Unmanned Aircraft for Battlefield Re-Supply Scientists are pondering new ways to employ robotics technology to extend the reach of supply delivery networks. |
National Defense
July 2008
Breanne Wagner |
Marine Corps Ponders Latest MRAP Lessons As thousands of mine resistant, ambush protected vehicles are rushed to the battlefields in Iraq and Afghanistan, military officials say that the enemy already has found ways to beat the heavily armored trucks, known as MRAPs. |
National Defense
July 2008
Stew Magnuson |
Contentious Debate Over Border Fences Won't End Soon Dormant as a national issue until late 2005, securing the southern border suddenly became an intensely debated subject and a political hot potato. |
National Defense
July 2008
Stew Magnuson |
Cost of New Border Fencing Could Reach $47 Billion A series of cameras and sensors linked to Border Patrol vehicles and a command and control center south of Tucson, Ariz., was meant to serve as a test bed for a so-called virtual fence. |
National Defense
July 2008
Stew Magnuson |
Emergency Responders Hone Skills Amid the Rubble One of the first skills firefighters and other first responders learn at the National Emergency Response and Rescue Training Center is how to hoist a slab of concrete off a rubble pile using only their muscles. |
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
July 2008
Grace V. Jean |
Eglin Prepares to Open F-35 Training Center Lockheed Martin Corp. is building a high-tech training center at Eglin Air Force Base, Fla., which will be used by all F-35 pilots and maintainers. |
National Defense
July 2008
Grace V. Jean |
Technologies Ease Burden on Pilots, Maintainers The F-35 Lighting II is being equipped with some of the latest technologies that will automate the duties of both pilots and maintenance crews. |
National Defense
July 2008
Grace V. Jean |
For Navy Aircraft Carriers, 'Missions Haven't Changed' The primary goal of aircraft carriers is to support troops on the ground. |
National Defense
July 2008
Grace V. Jean |
Navy Pilots Eager to Replace Aging Workhorse Despite being difficult to fly, the C-2A Greyhound continues to endure thousands of arrested landings and catapult launches to deliver mail and cargo to sailors deployed aboard the Navy's largest warships. |
Popular Mechanics
June 19, 2008
Joe Pappalardo |
7 Expert Answers for How Big Business Will Spend Cash in Space At the first-ever Space Business Forum in New York, leading rocket scientists, military officers and even hedge-fund managers crunched the numbers to illuminate the future of the space industry. |
Popular Mechanics
June 11, 2008
Joe Pappalardo |
World's Priciest Stealth Plane Takes First Run to Vertical Landing Needing a boost after a negative report leak, Lockheed Martin tested a prototype of its latest Joint Strike Fighter for the Marines today -- a supersonic F-35 that lands like a chopper and thinks like a pilot. |
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