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National Defense March 2013 Dan Parsons	Robots Set to Take On Marines' Logistical Heavy Lifting The next time Marines storm ashore, they could be accompanied by a menagerie of autonomous robots, which some service leaders see as the answer to some tricky logistical challenges.
National Defense March 2013 Valerie Insinna	Vendor Plans to Launch Commercial Laser Satellite System Two of the U.S. military's long-standing communications problems could be solved if a new company manages to get its proposed laser-based satellite system off the ground.
National Defense March 2013 Valerie Insinna	Companies Introduce New Software to Defeat Suicide Bombers The military continues to invest in behavior prediction software that can alert defense and law enforcement agencies to a terrorist threat in real time.
National Defense March 2013 Valerie Insinna	Defense Contractors Ready with Lighter Weight Helmet Shells Even though military officials have repeatedly called for lighter soldier equipment, executives from the protection industry say troops remain without the next-generation technology already available off the shelf.
National Defense March 2013 Sandra I. Erwin	Defense, Intelligence Agencies Struggle to Unify Data Networks It is an article of faith among military strategists that information wins wars. This dogma, however, often collides with the reality that military information systems resemble the Tower of Babel.
National Defense March 2013 Sandra I. Erwin	Army Rethinks, Again, How to Acquire Technology A decade of war taught the Army, among other lessons, that it needed a new approach for buying information-age technologies such as computers and communications systems.
National Defense March 2013 Dan Parsons	Military Seeks Lighter, Stronger Ammo Recognizing that rifle design using gunpowder and self-contained cartridges has neared the zenith of engineering, firearms manufacturers are turning to ammunition as a possible source of further weight reduction.
National Defense March 2013 Valerie Insinna	Coast Guard Trying to Stay the Course on its Shipbuilding Plans During Tough Fiscal Times The Coast Guard is in the middle of a 25-year effort to replace its fleets of aging ships, and has so far managed to obtain most of the funding it needs, said Adm. Robert J. Papp, commandant of the Coast Guard.
National Defense March 2013 Stew Magnuson	Researchers Make Progress Spotting Suicide Vests at Standoff Distances One of the Department of Homeland Security's 12 academic centers of excellence is seeking to adapt millimeter wave technology currently used at airport screening stations to detect suicide bombers at standoff distances.
National Defense March 2013 Stew Magnuson	Iran's Ability to Carry Out Attacks in Cyberspace May Be Improving The ability to carry out attacks from across the world that can do real physical or economic damage without ever launching a jet fighter or sending in suicide squads is tempting for adversaries such as Iran, U.S. officials and cybersecurity experts have pointed out.
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