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National Defense August 2012 Stew Magnuson	Defense Department Needs Investors to Buy Into its Renewable Energy Goals Most bases rely on local utilities to supply them with the vital energy they need to function. The Defense Department wants to turn the clock back, but not with fossil fuels. It is looking to alternate sources of energy -- solar, wind and waste -- to help it meet some lofty goals.
Chemistry World July 12, 2012	US Navy goes green with biofuel plants The US Navy has joined with the energy and agriculture departments to commission private companies to build multiple commercial-scale biofuel refinery plants to supply its ships and planes.
Chemistry World July 12, 2012 Elinor Hughes	At the cutting edge of naval research Jeffrey W Long is a research chemist at the Naval Research Laboratory in Washington, DC, US
National Defense August 2012 Sandra I. Erwin	Cybersecurity Legislation: Solution or Distraction? After three years of debate and intense horse-trading, four major pieces of cybersecurity legislation have collided on Capitol Hill. Each claims to provide definitive policy and legal answers on how the United States should protect itself from crippling cyber-attacks.
National Defense August 2012 Sandra I. Erwin	Air Force Budget Ax Aimed at Big-Ticket Satellites The U.S. Air Force is hoping to save hundreds of millions of dollars by converting three of its costliest satellite programs into fixed-price contracts.
National Defense August 2012 Dan Parsons	Navy Leans on Commercial Technology for Computing Upgrades When the Navy finally boils down its sprawling information systems into two main networks, they will consist almost entirely of commercially available technology tweaked and retrofitted to meet military security standards.
National Defense August 2012 Stew Magnuson	High-Altitude Balloons, Unpiloted Aircraft Seen As Answer to Emergency Communication Outages The Federal Communications Commission is writing regulations for aerial platforms that can serve as temporary radio links in regions that have had their terrestrial systems wiped out during a disaster.
National Defense August 2012 Stew Magnuson	Airport Screening Technology Market to Shrink, Analyst Says The Transportation Security Administration has been on a buying binge since 9/11, but the good days for airport screening technology vendors may be winding down, a Frost & Sullivan report said.
National Defense August 2012 Stew Magnuson	Budget Woes End DHS Plans to Expand Drone Fleet The Department of Homeland Security had plans as late as last year to increase its fleet of unmanned aerial vehicles to two dozen aircraft by 2016, but tight federal budgets has capped their numbers at 10.
National Defense August 2012 Sandra I. Erwin	War Over Defense Jobs Diverts Attention From Bloated Spending Each branch of the military owns multiple fleets of surveillance and armed drones, creating unneeded duplication.
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