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National Defense December 2012 Sandra I. Erwin |
Budget Cuts, Fuels Costs Could Spur Military Spending on Virtual Training The Air Force estimates it could save about $1.7 billion over five years by reducing flying hours by 5 percent and shifting more of its pilot and crew training to simulators. |
National Defense December 2012 Stew Magnuson |
Latest Homeland Security Fronts: Arctic, Bahamas, California Littorals Transnational criminal organizations pose a security threat, the National Security Council declared in 2011. |
Chemistry World November 7, 2012 |
Multi-million dollar payouts for US soldiers exposed to hexavalent chromium A US federal court has awarded more than $85 million to 12 Oregon National Guard soldiers who alleged that military contractor Kellogg, Brown and Root knowingly exposed them to hexavalent chromium, a known carcinogen. |
National Defense December 2012 Emilio Iasiello |
Identifying Cyber-Attackers to Require High-Tech Sleuthing Skills The White House released in May 2011 the first "International Strategy for Cyberspace." This policy document promotes the U.S. vision for the future of the Internet and the nation's role in shaping that plan. |
National Defense December 2012 Thomas A. Benes |
Navy, Marine Corps Rethink Expeditionary Warfare Expeditionary warfare is evolving to meet the demands of a future beyond the Iraq-Afghanistan conflicts. The Navy is rebalancing its forward deployment posture, and the Marine Corps is in transition from land-centric warfare. |
National Defense December 2012 Dan Parsons |
Water, Water Everywhere ... That Troops Can't Drink Napoleon Bonaparte is credited with saying that an army marches on its stomach. But an even more important tactical necessity than food is the availability of clean drinking water. |
National Defense December 2012 Yasmin Tadjdeh |
New Senate Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Caucus to Tackle Privacy Issues While Washington lawmakers remain deeply divided down party lines, several senators have reached across the aisle to form a new unmanned aerial vehicle caucus. |
National Defense December 2012 |
Readers Sound Off on Recent Stories Readers reply to stories about the value of MRAPs and Pentagon procurement reforms. |
National Defense November 2012 Stew Magnuson |
Wide Area Surveillance Sensors Prove Value on Battlefields Heidi Breslow, a retired Marine Corps corporal and battlefield intelligence analyst, described how she would use unmanned aerial vehicles coupled with the latest wide area airborne surveillance sensors to help protect ground troops. |
National Defense November 2012 Lawrence P. Farrell Jr. |
Fiscal Cliff Watch: Running Out of Time to Fix the Mess If the House and Senate fail to act in the coming weeks, massive federal spending cuts will kick in Jan. 2. That is when the automatic sequester -- scheduled by law to implement phase two of the Budget Control Act of 2011 -- becomes effective. |
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