Defense & Aerospace

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National Defense August 2015 Jon Harper	Watchdog Finds High Carryover at Navy Depots Budget carryover at Navy maintenance depots has regularly exceeded allowable amounts over the past decade, raising the possibility that congressional appropriators will cut funding for the repair yards, the Government Accountability Office found.
National Defense August 2015 Stew Magnuson	Primes Line Up to Compete for JSTARS Recap Program The next version of the Air Force's joint surveillance and attack radar aircraft will have a smaller airframe, along with updated radar, communications and battle management suites.
National Defense August 2015 Yasmin Tadjdeh	Coast Guard Acquisitions Called 'Unaffordable' The Coast Guard has laid out an ambitious modernization and recapitalization plan for its future fleet of cutters and aircraft, but experts and government watchdogs have thrown cold water on it.
National Defense August 2015 Jon Harper	Plan to Fund Ohio Replacement Submarine Reaches Tipping Point Much hangs on the outcome of the high stakes budget battle playing out in Washington, D.C., which will shape the future of Navy shipbuilding and potentially have major effects on the other services and the industrial base.
National Defense August 2015 Allyson Versprille	Marine Corps Developing Low Cost Robot Swarms to Counter Enemy Drones As the technology for unmanned systems proliferates, one of the biggest challenges facing the military today is countering small, inexpensive drones used by the enemy in unexpected ways, said a Marine Corps official.
National Defense August 2015 Yasmin Tadjdeh	More Sophisticated, Autonomous Unmanned Aircraft on the Horizon In the future, unmanned aerial systems will hold even more utility as they become faster, stealthier and more autonomous, experts said. At the same time, they will become more accessible to foreign countries and terrorist groups around the world.
National Defense August 2015 Scott Trail	How to Unlock Innovation at the Defense Department Existing barriers in defense acquisition suppress the innovation that abounds across the Defense Department.
National Defense August 2015 William I. Oberholtzer	Helmet Technology Could Help Prevent Traumatic Brain Injuries Traumatic brain injuries are, again, center stage for not only those engaged in contact sports, but military operations as well.
National Defense August 2015 Allyson Versprille	Budget Cuts Boost Global-U.S. Partnerships As the domestic defense budget becomes tighter, U.S. businesses are looking toward international partners for support in the global marketplace, said chief executives of foreign-owned defense companies.
National Defense August 2015 Yasmin Tadjdeh	Study: No One Size Fits All in Cybersecurity Over the next decade, the cost of managing cyberattacks will increase by 38 percent. The bulk of that increase will be due to rising costs associated with security programs.
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