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National Defense March 2007 Breanne Wagner	DHS Expands Search for Anti-Missile Technology The Department of Homeland Security is proposing an unmanned aerial vehicle defense system designed to fly above airports and protect commercial aircraft against shoulder-fired missiles.
National Defense March 2008 Stew Magnuson	Congress Still Undecided on How to Protect Airliners from Missiles Tests of a system designed to protect commercial aircraft from shoulder-fired missiles have showed some improved performance in areas such as maintenance. But the system still falls short of goals acceptable to airlines.
Military & Aerospace Electronics October 2006 Courtney E. Howard	BAE Systems Applies Military Technology to Commercial Airliner Defense System The JetEye infrared missile-beating countermeasure system, which takes advantage of military-derived technologies, has entered the third phase of the U.S. DHS counter-man-portable air defense systems program.
National Defense August 2009 Stew Magnuson	No Further Funding for DHS Shoulder-Fired Missile Program The Obama administration in its 2010 budget has not requested further funding to test a controversial program to protect commercial aircraft from shoulder-fired missiles.
National Defense November 2005 Joe Pappalardo	Will Capitol Hill Keep Funding Missile Defense for Airliners? An effort to protect commercial aircraft against shoulder-fired missiles will face a critical moment in January, when Congress is scheduled to vote on whether to continue funding development of the system.
National Defense April 2006 Stew Magnuson	Aircraft Missile Defense: The Debate Continues With up to a million man-portable missiles produced since the 1970s, questions remain as to how much should be done to protect U.S. commercial airliners.
National Defense December 2003 Sandra I. Erwin	'Smart' Flares Being Designed To Defeat Heat-Seeking Missiles Future military aircraft, such as the Air Force F/A-22 and the Joint Strike Fighter, will be equipped with "smart" decoy flares designed to defeat the most sophisticated heat-seeking missiles. Unlike traditional flares, which are dropped from aircraft like "hot bricks," these new infrared countermeasure devices will be able to fly predetermined trajectories, alongside the aircraft.
The Motley Fool June 15, 2006 Rich Smith	Protecting Unfriendly Skies Homeland Security moves forward with an anti-missile program. This will likely be a more expensive proposition than the contractors let on -- and thus more lucrative for the shareholders of whoever wins.
BusinessWeek March 27, 2006 Lorraine Woellert	Hesitation At Homeland Security A high-tech missile defense for passenger jets now exists, but plans to install it don't.
National Defense February 2004 Geoff S. Fein	Security Beat Federal government gets 'D' in cyber-security... DHS awards multiple security contracts... Companies selected for air defense program... etc.
The Motley Fool July 12, 2011 Bruce Bigelow	Northrop Grumman Leads $15M Round for Daylight Solutions The funding will go toward new laser technology research.
National Defense January 2015 Sandra I. Erwin	Military Challenged to Maintain Decades-Old Aircraft The U.S. military operates fleets of Cold War-era aircraft that will not be replaced any time soon. For the Pentagon, this creates daunting challenges, experts warn. Airplanes will have to fly much longer than planned and, at a time of tight budgets, the cost of maintaining aging equipment is projected to soar.
Military & Aerospace Electronics September 2005	Northrop Grumman to provide infrared countermeasures for Air Force C-130 aircraft Company engineers are designing optoelectronic hardware and spare parts to defend utility aircraft from heat-seeking missiles.
National Defense October 2006 Stew Magnuson	DHS Outlines Efforts to Protect Infrastructure The director of the infrastructure partnership division in DHS, said that the long-awaited National Infrastructure Protection Plan will detail ways the government and the private sector can work as "peers" to share and protect sensitive information.
Military & Aerospace Electronics September 2006 John McHale	Northrop Grumman Proposes High-Energy Ground Laser to Defend Commercial Aircraft The defense company proposed a ground-based, high-energy laser system called Skyguard as part of a layered airport defense to protect commercial jetliners from terrorists firing shoulder-fired missiles.
National Defense June 2004 Pappalardo & Erwin	Security Beat Law enforcement agencies, using grant money from the federal government, increasingly are investing in robots to prepare for domestic threats.
National Defense March 2004 Sandra I. Erwin	Army Rushes to Deploy Defensive Gear on Aircraft The Army is rushing to field anti-missile systems for rotary- and fixed-wing aircraft, seeking to make up for cutbacks that practically zeroed out funding for aircraft survivability equipment during the past five years.
National Defense November 2004 Joe Pappalardo	Security Beat Local Responders Linked With Coast Guard Units... Russian Horror Highlights U.S. School Security... Public Would Ignore Authorities in Terror Event... Fort Detrick Begins Bio-Defense Additions... etc.
National Defense March 2009 Grace V. Jean	Military May Be Souring On Laser Weapons The Pentagon's enthusiasm for laser weapons is not what it used to be.
The Motley Fool June 16, 2005 Rich Smith	Raytheon: Defense on the Cheap Defense contractor aims to make airplanes safe. Raytheon's argument does indeed seem defensible, and its system, economical.
Military & Aerospace Electronics September 2007	BAE Systems to Upgrade Laser for U.S. Army Helicopters The defense contractor has won two U.S. Army contracts totaling $54 million to provide a multiband laser technology upgrade for the Advanced Threat Infrared Countermeasures/Common Missile Warning System program.
Military & Aerospace Electronics January 2008	In Brief Boeing installs high-energy laser on Laser Gunship aircraft... Northrop Grumman develops high-speed transistor... Raytheon tests air-launched missile defense system... etc.
Military & Aerospace Electronics June 2009	In Brief Airbus integrates MTAD... FAA annual aviation forecast ... Northrop Grumman delivers SBIRS GEO-2 payload... Boeing Airborne Laser begins weapon system flight tests... etc.
Military & Aerospace Electronics May 2009	Northrop Grumman-built laser demonstrates long-duration, lethal lasing onboard Airborne Laser aircraft Test settings can be used for future testing, including the planned shootdown of a ballistic missile with laser weapons scheduled to occur later in the year, according to company officials.
Military & Aerospace Electronics January 2008 Courtney E. Howard	Weapons at the Speed of Light Laser weaponry will be a tool in the U.S. military's arsenal much sooner than many think, with the first applications for missile defense from the ground and the air.
Military & Aerospace Electronics December 2006 John McHale	Sensors Light Path to Defeating Incoming Military designers are taking advantage of the latest sensor technology and signal processing systems to track and kill incoming enemy missiles.
National Defense May 2004 Sandra Erwin	Pentagon Review Approaching For Army-Navy Air-to-Ground Missile Proponents of joint-service weapon programs will be watching closely the outcome of an upcoming Pentagon review for a new air-to-ground missile, to be launched from Army, Marine Corps and Navy aircraft.
Popular Mechanics April 2007 Erik Sofge	Laser-Powered Midair Missile Defense Takes Aim Northrop Grumman's antimissile system for commercial jets finally takes aim.
Military & Aerospace Electronics August 2004 John McHale	The Airborne Laser: It's Huge, it Flies, and it Blows up Missles The world's largest directed-energy weapon, the U.S. Defense Department's Airborne Laser, employs hundreds of complicated optics and several lasers to track down and destroy incoming missiles, and it is expected to be deployed by the end of the decade.
Military & Aerospace Electronics April 2008 John McHale	Laser Weapons, on Target The U.S. military and its partners from industry are meeting major milestones in various programs as they move closer to making laser weaponry a standard part of the U.S. arsenal.
IEEE Spectrum February 2005 Tim Shorrock	U.S. Deploys Missile Defense System The rockets may not glare and bombs may not burst in the air but the Bush administration is forging ahead with construction of what it terms an "operational" missile defense system.
National Defense June 2015 Sandra I. Erwin	Northrop Grumman Aims To Retain Grip on Aviation Northrop Grumman Corp. makes a big play to join the ranks of Lockheed Martin and Boeing as one of the nation's top manufacturers of combat aircraft.
Popular Mechanics July 22, 2008 Erik Sofge	Laser Truck Inches Closer to Iraq Battlefield: Exclusive First Look The Army is one step closer to getting what can only be described as a laser truck - one capable of disabling incoming rounds.
Military & Aerospace Electronics February 2006	BAE Systems leadership sees growth in C4ISR funding BAE Systems North America's corporate leadership on the defense electronics industry discusses market outlook for next 5-10 years, best way to get products and designs in front of decision makers, and more.
Military & Aerospace Electronics May 2006 John McHale	Future weapons: Solid-state lasers Industry and military scientists are moving forward in the quest to develop solid-state lasers for use as weapons by warfighters of the future.
Military & Aerospace Electronics May 2007 John McHale	Laser Weapons: Moving From Promise to Performance The military's laser weapons programs are making steady progress in their transition from the laboratory to the battlefield, with deployment of initial systems expected within the next three to five years.
Military & Aerospace Electronics June 2009 John McHale	Boeing Airborne Laser team begins weapon system flight tests But the Obama Administration has proposed cancelling the ABL program. Congress will consider this proposal this summer and fall.
Military & Aerospace Electronics January 2007 John McHale	Laser Weapons Are Getting Closer to Reality U.S. Department of Defense experts are close to fielding the Airborne Laser (ABL) for missile defense and several other high-energy laser weapons programs received new funding this year.
Military & Aerospace Electronics September 2004	In Brief EOIR Technologies Wins Two Army Contracts... Texas Memory Systems and StarGen Join Hands on Embedded Applications... Alenia Aeronautica chooses Concurrent iHawk for UCAV Simulation... etc.
Military & Aerospace Electronics January 2006	PPGI Makes Missile-Warning Sensors Designers at ATK Missile Systems have chosen Photonic Products Group to make optical components for a missile warning system that protects U.S. aircraft in Iraq from shoulder-fired missiles.
National Defense July 2014 Valerie Insinna	Industry Ready to Compete for JSTARS Recapitalization Program The Air Force has ignited an effort to replace its surveillance and targeting aircraft system with modern airframes outfitted with new radar, sensors and communications equipment.
Military & Aerospace Electronics October 2005 Ben Ames	Digital receivers power a new generation of electronic warfare Military technology designers have shifted from analog to digital radar receivers to deal with decentralized threats. The change is a major improvement for size, weight, and power.
Popular Mechanics November 11, 2008 Joe Pappalardo	How BAE's Jam Lab Develops Countermeasures Against Antiaircraft Missiles Engineers at BAE dissect and stress older targeted antiaircraft missiles to figure out how to defend against them.
National Defense August 2007 Stew Magnuson	Army Helos Can Thwart Missiles, But Remain Vulnerable The Army has made progress protecting helicopters flying in Iraq from shoulder-fired missiles, but its crews and aircraft routinely are the targets of small arms fire and rocket-propelled grenades.
Military & Aerospace Electronics December 2007 John McHale	Track It, Destroy It The key to any successful missile-defense shield is the ability of the sensors to track the missile accurately. Recent missile tests prove that an effective missile-defense shield is closer than ever before.
Military & Aerospace Electronics January 2005	Laser weapons slowly shifting from science fiction to reality During the exercise, called Advanced Concepts Event or ACE, pilots used the newly developed laser-armed F-16 simulator to prepare for aerial combat once laser weapons become available.
The Motley Fool March 27, 2008 Rich Smith	Northrop to Air Travelers: SAM Is Not Your Friend Northrop announces that its Guardian system -- a heat-seeking, missile-jamming "pod" that can be attached and detached from individual planes as needed to protect them from surface-to-air missiles -- is ready for prime time.
Military & Aerospace Electronics October 2005 John McHale	Chasing the goal of an efficient battlefield laser U.S. DoD researchers aim to develop small lasers for use in tactical air missions. The engineering challenge has been taken up by contractors including Northrop Grumman and Lockheed Martin.
National Defense August 2015 Stew Magnuson	Primes Line Up to Compete for JSTARS Recap Program The next version of the Air Force's joint surveillance and attack radar aircraft will have a smaller airframe, along with updated radar, communications and battle management suites.
BusinessWeek January 12, 2004	Defense & Aerospace: More Plane Pain, But Help From Uncle Sam Sales of civilian aircraft will be flat, though the worst of the slump may be over. High-tech weaponry will be a bright spot for defense contractors.