Vol. 93 No. 660, November 2008
Index
- Oil price swings should not delay U.S. energy strategy.
- Why the Pentagon keeps buying the wrong weapons.
- "I think we need to consider whether there needs to be a parallel kind of procurement process for the current fight.
- "The cost for those who survived [the Iraq war].
- "The Department of Defense expects the cost to develop and procure major weapon systems in its current portfolio to total $1.6 trillion--$335 billion.
- Army to separate the wheat from the chaff.
- Expensive frills: customers blamed for military aircraft sticker shock.
- Irregular warfare: I know it when I see it.
- Poor return on army's IT investment.
- Bargain price spectrum: nationwide emergency responder network remains in limbo.
- Despite progress, ID program still far behind.
- SAFETY Act participation grows.
- Fears that little known medical isotope could fall into the wrong hands.
- Coming soon: robots as parking valets.
- Soft power: U.S. defense strategy to pay more attention to fragile states.
- Understanding the market: energy reforms have ignored resilience of the oil industry.
- No coherent strategy in place for energy security.
- Maritime surveillance: Coast Guard not yet ready to commit to unmanned aircraft.
- To win hearts and minds, give Coast Guard new hospital ships.
- Scholars give Defense Dept. failing grade.
- Nature's bounty: Army-funded lab looks to plants and animals to inspire cutting edge research.
- Emergency response: robots primed for disaster operations.
- Researchers debate utility of autonomous armed robots.
- Cleared to launch: space programs poised for major expansion in Asia.
- Defence technology countdown: greatest hits, unfortunate misses.
- V-hull trucks.
- Battlefield energy.
- Bomb-detonating robots.
- Directed energy.
- iPod translators.
- Biometrics.
- Gun-toting robots.
- Haptic-friendly gadgets.
- Radiation monitors.
- 'America's Army'.
- Space-based radar.
- Liquid explosive detectors.
- Mission control centers for unmanned vehicles.
- ROVER video receiver.
- Mobile broadband for troops.
- Tiny spy aircraft.
- NASA pursues shape shifting wings.
- No sliding: wall-climbing robots that really stick.
- Technology permits Kaput UAV to keep flying.
- Model assists in Iraq water and land use planning.
- Moon probe is readied for this year's mission.
- Seaglider finds commercial role.
- Involve all employees in compliance program.
- NDIA ethics committee.
- Aberdeen chapter supports Science and Math students.
- Gift provides for Chemical Engineering students.
- Hugh Harris Scholarship winners announced.
- NDIA calendar: upcoming exhibits, shows and events.