Vol. 103 No. 777, August 2018

Index

• The Imperative for Artificial Intelligence.
• 'This is another case of ready, fire, aim.'.
• Contract Award Debriefs Called 'A Waste of Time'.
• Hondo's Got Your Back.
• INNOVATION NATION.
• New Coast Guard Maritime Strategy in the Works.
• No More JEDI Mind Tricks.
• Blasts from the Past: A look at stories from the pages of National Defense as NDIA and the magazine approach their 100th anniversary.
• By the Numbers: Federal R&D spending by agency, average in billions of dollars for fiscal years 2015 to 2017.
• Coming in August.
• Hello, Goodbye.
• Technical Data Rights: Finding Common Ground.
• Google Versus The Pentagon: The Fallout.
• Reforms Deliver Wins for Small Businesses.
• Fate of JSTARS Recap Hangs in the Balance.
• Elections Could Derail Plans for Low-Yield Nukes.
• Spending on Unmanned Systems Set to Grow.
• Australia Boosts Maritime System Procurement.
• BISim Awarded Contract for New Flight Simulation Equipment.
• Industry, Academia Working To 'Humanize' Exoskeletons.
• Company to Develop Prototype to Counter Shoulder-Fired Missiles.
• IARPA-Funded Initiatives Could Thwart Biothreats.
• Performance-Based Logistics Contracting: Does it Work?
• Public-Private Partnerships Critical to Protect Space.
• New Coast Guard Leader Focusing on Readiness.
• Clock Ticking for U.S. Military To Defend Against Hypersonics.
• United States, Canada Studying Options To Replace Arctic Early Warning Radars.
• THE NATION'S BIG BETS ON NATIONAL SECURITY TECHNOLOGY.
• THE BIG BET: AUTONOMY FOR HYPERSONICS.
• THE BIG BET: ACQUISITION SPEED AND AGILITY.
• THE BIG BET: HYPERSONIC PROPULSION.
• THE BIG BET: SYNTHETIC BIOLOGY.
• THE BIG BET: EFFICIENT AUTONOMY.
• THE BIG BET: MARITIME ROBOTICS.
• THE BIG BET: AI FOR SPACE SYSTEMS.
• THE BIG BET: BIOSECURITY.
• THE BIG BET: SOLDIER PERFORMANCE.
• THE BIG BET: HIGH-ENERGY LASERS.
• Granston Memo Could Impact Qui Tam Actions.
• Uncertainty Persists Around Alien Tort Statute.
• A Misguided GAO Decision.
• On Mentorship.
• Association Mourns Loss of Colwell.
• NEW 'CYBER-AUGMENTED OPERATIONS' DIVISION ESTABLISHED.
• Space Division Recognizes Thompson, Elias.
• Stankowski to Receive Association's Sridhar Award.
• NDIA CALENDAR.
• Air Power.
• Amphibious Combat Vehicle.
• Light Attack.
• Marine Corps Aviation.