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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.
Chemistry World February 7, 2013 Rebecca Trager	Small business office chemical industry pawn, watchdog claims The activities of the Office of Advocacy -- an independent office charged with protecting the interests of small businesses with a budget of just over $9 million -- have been examined by the Center for Effective Government, a Washington, DC watchdog.
National Defense March 2013 Stew Magnuson	Chemical-Biological Defense Office To Kick Off Dozens of New Programs The previous decade has seen little in terms of advancement of nuclear-radiological detection devices, and there will be a new push to update them.
National Defense March 2013 Lepow & Specht	New Defense Legislation a Mixed Bag for Small Business The 2013 National Defense Authorization Act included several provisions related to small businesses, which include expanded opportunities as well as potentially harsher penalties for failure to follow regulations.
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