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National Defense July 2014 Valerie Insinna	Start-Up Debuts Sense-and-Avoid System for Quadcopters Developing a sense-and-avoid system for any unmanned aircraft is a challenging task, but it's even more difficult to build one for small vehicles that can't hold heavy sensor payloads.
National Defense July 2014 Valerie Insinna	Tiltrotor Sales Unlikely to Take Off, Industry Veteran Says Sergei Sikorsky is skeptical that tiltrotor aircraft will take the place of conventional helicopters.
National Defense July 2014 Dan Parsons	Army Wants Trucks to Drive Without Troops The Army wants to retrofit a portion of its tactical wheeled vehicle fleet with robotic brains so that unmanned trucks, not troops, are put in harm's way during resupply and route clearance missions.
National Defense July 2014 Dan Parsons	Army Switches From Vehicle Procurement to Sustainment Mode Military commanders and the companies that built thousands of vehicles in support of two wars are preparing for reduced budgets and requirements after more than a decade of combat.
National Defense July 2014 Stew Magnuson	South Texas in Line for Border Patrol Technology The southwest border in Texas will start to receive some of the new sensor technologies that have heretofore been deployed solely in Arizona.
National Defense July 2014 Stew Magnuson	Coast Guard Closer to Acquiring Ship-Based Drones The service over the years became the only one that wasn't taking advantage of the unmanned aerial vehicles revolution, and all the benefits they had to offer.
National Defense July 2014 Stew Magnuson	Funding Not Following Concerns About Insider Threats Spies, disgruntled workers and intellectual property thieves have always been a problem in both government and private sector organizations.
Fast Company Tony Castle	How a Giant Plus-Shaped Pool Could Make New York's East River Safe For Swimmers Designers and an architect are working on a project called +Pool, a giant plus-shaped pool that filters river water to create safe, clean water, that everyone can enjoy.
Information Today May 29, 2014	EBSCO Database Offers Resources for Military Members EBSCO Information Services' new Military Transition Support Center is a resource that families and members of the military can use during their transition to civilian life.
Information Today May 22, 2014	TRAC Co-Directors File Complaint Against ICE The Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse at Syracuse University announced that its co-directors filed a suit against U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
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