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.