Vol. 93 No. 656, July 2008
Index
- Difficult choices lie ahead for the nation's military services.
- Acquisition woes revisited.
- Cost of contractors.
- Undersea perils.
- Exit strategy.
- Pentagon bracing for yet another round of turf battles.
- Audit raises conflict-of-interest red flags.
- From 1992 to 2007, the estimated costs to complete major defense acquisition programs increased almost 120 percent.
- Immunizing weapons against 'next-war-it is'.
- Medicaid, Medicare and Social Security comprise about 10 percent of the nation's gross domestic product.
- Scientists: we need help: much 'unfinished business' for the next administration.
- The definition of success is 'get the money.
- Unpiloted aircraft unsafe for domestic use.
- Top dogs: Canine's contributions to homeland security missions documented.
- New day dawning for DHS acquisitions?
- Steady stream of funding for emergency communications market.
- FAA allows Texas law enforcement to use aerial drone.
- National Guard receives new helicopters.
- Bug-sized 'bots for the urban battle.
- Clash of ideas: export controls: a contentious issue reaching a 'boiling point'.
- Office seeks to quickly field counter-terrorism technologies.
- Out-of-control healthcare spending straining budget.
- Rough patch: Marines likely to curtail ground-vehicle wish list.
- 'Big Dog' could become a Marine's best friend.
- Marine Corps lab eyes unmanned aircraft for battlefield re-supply.
- Marine Corps ponders latest MRAP lessons.
- Border calculus: contentious debate over border fences won't end soon.
- Cost of new border fencing could reach $47 billion.
- Damage control: FEMA on a mission to regain credibility.
- Disaster city: emergency responders hone skills amid the rubble.
- Weak signal: how to achieve next-generation public safety networks.
- Production targets: F-35 factory: one aircraft per day by 2016.
- Eglin prepares to open F-35 training center.
- Technologies ease burden on pilots, maintainers.
- Out to sea: for Navy aircraft carriers, 'missions haven't changed'.
- Navy pilots eager to replace aging workhorse.
- Breathing device makes life easier for Navy divers.
- Paintball gun on steroids crafted for crowd control.
- Super sniffer: quick I.D. of suspicious chemicals.
- In this case, tightly wound is a good thing.
- Lab technicians may want to sniff at these sensors.
- This brain keeps truck chugging on down the road.
- Right and wrong ways to use others' patents.
- AFEI presents Achievement Awards.
- Conference to focus on Army maneuver support.
- John Reilly receives NDIA Gold Medal.
- Progress reported in security clearance process.
- NDIA calendar: upcoming exhibits, shows and events.