Defense & Aerospace

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National Defense May 2013 Sandra I. Erwin	Firms Think Twice Before Investing in DoD The Pentagon needs to get creative as it plans the weapons of the future, officials have said, and it needs private-sector help.
National Defense May 2013 Canni & Levy	Agencies Becoming More Aggressive in Pursuit of Contractor Wrongdoing After years of congressional complaints, federal agencies are responding to concerns about how they handle contractor debarments and suspensions. New civilian debarment offices have emerged and are becoming active.
National Defense May 2013 Sandra I. Erwin	Pentagon Eyes Deals With Satellite Industry to Fill Demand for Drone Communications A group of Pentagon officials was given three months to come up with a plan to boost the supply of satellite bandwidth that is needed to support the military's growing fleet of unmanned aerial vehicles.
National Defense May 2013 Yasmin Tadjdeh	U.S. Airport Perimeter Security Market in Decline U.S. airport perimeter manufacturers -- makers of fences, gates, sensors and cameras -- will likely face a steep drop in demand over the next several years, one report found.
National Defense May 2013 Yasmin Tadjdeh	DHS Beefs Up Cybersecurity Efforts With Monitoring, Authentication Tools The Department of Homeland Security is increasing its cybersecurity presence by using continuous monitoring tools and improving verifying measures, said a top department official.
National Defense May 2013 Carol A. Connolly	Companies Must Vet Business Partners Most people know the United States sanctions trade and other business activities with certain countries to advance its foreign policy and national security goals.
National Defense May 2013 Valerie Insinna	Army to Test Assay Reader Add-On for Smartphones Scientists at the Army's Edgewood Chemical Biological Center have developed two clip-on attachments for an Android phone that can do just that, and they plan to test the devices within the next couple months.
National Defense May 2013 Valerie Insinna	Device Links iPhone Into Satellite System A United Arab Emirates-based satellite company is pitching a device to the U.S. military that can transform an iPhone 4 into a satellite phone.
National Defense May 2013 Valerie Insinna	Satellite Company Claims It Can Prevent Weather Data Gap Executives at PlanetIQ, a joint venture by several space companies, say they can solve the problem by launching a constellation of 12 low-earth orbit satellites that use a method called GPS radio occultation.
National Defense April 2013	Readers Sound Off on Recent Stories Readers comment on stories about piracy on the high seas and the Army's first new rifle in a half century.
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