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National Defense January 2006 Sandra I. Erwin	Army's Armored Force: Mix of Old and New Amid uncertainty about the prospect of its ambitious "future combat systems" program, the Army is forging ahead with plans to deploy up to 35 new armored brigades.
National Defense January 2004 Roxana Tiron	Marine Vehicle Upgrades Reflect Combat Demands A look at the Marine Corps' strategy for upgrades, which focuses on fixing war-torn equipment and accelerating programs that had been funded in recent years.
National Defense July 2004 Roxana Tiron	Heavy Armor Gains Clout in Urban Combat An ongoing debate within the U.S. Army is whether to revise its tactics and doctrine for the employment of heavy armored vehicles in urban areas.
National Defense October 2004 Roxana Tiron	Bradley Vehicle Improvements Reflect War Lessons Responding to needs born out of Operation Iraqi Freedom, the U.S. Army is charging ahead with quick fixes to its Bradley Fighting Vehicle.
Defense Update Issue 1, 2006	The role of Armor in Urban Combat Mutually supporting combined arms (armor-infantry) tactical element can achieve success while keeping casualties to a minimum... Improving visibility when "buttoned up" in tanks... Enhancing tank survivability in urban combat... Tank firepower adapted for urban warfare... etc.
Military & Aerospace Electronics September 2006 Courtney E. Howard	Wheeled Wonders and Road Warriors Major defense industry vendors and contractors are contributing to the advancement and success of combat vehicles designed to take advantage of the best technologies available now and in the future.
National Defense October 2013 Stew Magnuson	Over Army Objections, Industry and Congress Partner to Keep Abrams Tank Production 'Hot' As far as producing Cold War era weapon systems the military says it has enough of, but Congress continues to fund anyway, there is probably no bigger poster child than the Abrams tank.
National Defense March 2005 Sandra I. Erwin	Marine Corps Ponders Options to Expand Armor Forces in Iraq As the demand for armored scout units in Iraq soars, the Marine Corps is reviewing its entire array of combat vehicle programs and is considering revising procurement plans.
Parameters Winter 2003/2004 Wilson, Gordon & Johnson	An Alternative Future Force: Building a Better Army The Army's transformation concept rests on a set of major assumptions that should be questioned. This article suggests an alternative pathway for preparing US ground forces to meet the challenges of the next several decades.
National Defense December 2004 Roxana Tiron	Army Revises Doctrine for Modular Brigades Caught between the pressures of war in the Middle East and the need to reorganize, the U.S. Army is juggling new methods of combat training while rewriting the rulebook for equipment and tactics.
Popular Mechanics April 2008 Joe Pappalardo	Anatomy of an IED-Fighting Abrams Tank in Baghdad: Field Report Tanks become more user-friendly with the Tank Urban Survivability Kit (TUSK).
Parameters November 2004 Scott Boston	Toward a Protected Future Force The US Army plans to introduce its next-generation ground force quickly, starting with an experimental battalion by the end of the decade and a full brigade--called a Unit of Action--in 2014.
Military & Aerospace Electronics November 2005 Ben Ames	Army to outfit 872 vehicles with Raytheon IR sensor The vehicles to receive night-vision forward-looking infrared sensors include new Abrams main battle tanks and Bradley fighting vehicles, LRAS3 and other Army ground platforms.
National Defense September 2005 Joe Pappalardo	Army Developing Advanced Ammo for Abrams Tank To be more useful in urban battlefields, the Army's main battle tank needs to be armed with advanced multipurpose rounds that can be adapted for use against different types of targets.
National Defense November 2005 Sandra I. Erwin	For Army's Future Combat Vehicles, Flying by C-130 No Longer Required There's been an evolution in thinking in the Army on transportability. Building an 18-ton vehicle that can survive the rigors of combat like an Abrams proved to be too hard and unrealistic from an engineering standpoint.
Defense Update Issue 2, 2006	Heavyweights are Adapting to LIC Merkava tanks of all types, and particularly the new Merkava Mk4 are facing a serious challenge in the recent war between Israel and Lebanese Hezbolla.
National Defense August 2009 Sandra I. Erwin	Army's Next Combat Vehicle: New Beginning or FCS Sequel? The Army is racing toward a September deadline to present a convincing case to the secretary of defense that it should receive funds to begin designing a new combat vehicle next year.
National Defense January 2011 Grace V. Jean	Army's Ground Combat Vehicle Stirs Confusion In Industry The Army plans to spend more than $1 billion over the next several years on the design of a new "infantry fighting vehicle." With new big-ticket military programs becoming increasingly scarce, this would normally qualify as great news for contractors.
National Defense October 2005 Grace Jean	Stryker Units Win Over Skeptics The success of the first two Stryker Brigades has fueled more confidence in the capabilities of the vehicle, but soldiers in those brigades continue to evaluate strategies for best utilizing the Stryker.
Military & Aerospace Electronics October 2004 John Keller	Vetronics of the Future Combat System The electronic and optoelectronic technologies of the future battlefield will help provide unprecedented situational awareness and maneuver capability to U.S. and allied ground troops.
Parameters Winter 2003/2004 Christopher J. Toomey	Army Digitization: Making it Ready for Prime Time The Army's commitment to creating a digitized force elicits some key questions about how the Army will make the transition from an analog force in the face of rapidly changing technology while maintaining the capability to meet key strategic and operational challenges.
National Defense February 2009 Matthew Rusling	High-Tech Vehicles Promise Fuel Savings -- Years From Now For the Army, trying to cut its fuel use to significantly lower levels is simply not possible with its current fleet. Its old, gas-guzzling engines can be tweaked, but real fuel economy requires a shift to hybrid-electric technology
National Defense April 2008 Alan L. Gropman	Combat Vehicle Sector Could be Headed for Turbulent Times The defense industry has thrived despite erratic government funding and regulatory vagaries. But it must now prepare for a possible downturn during the next several years.
National Defense May 2010 Stew Magnuson	Army Seeks to Quiet Skeptics As it Tries New Acquisition Strategy One year after Defense Secretary Robert Gates canceled the Army's Future Combat Systems program, service leaders say they are moving forward with a new acquisition regime.
National Defense June 2004 Sandra I. Erwin	Army Debating Options for Bradley Vehicle Upgrades In the face of mounting requests for heavy armor to support troops in Iraq, the Army is expected momentarily to make a decision on whether to fund an upgrade program for the Bradley armored infantry fighting vehicle.
National Defense June 2004 Sandra I. Erwin	Army Will Broaden Access To Satellite Communications Before the U.S. Army's 3rd Infantry Division heads back to Iraq, its units are expected to receive upgraded satellite communications and new vehicles outfitted with the command-and-control computers and radios.
Military & Aerospace Electronics June 2007	In Brief Boeing picosatellite mission to advance miniature satellite technology... Army awards General Dynamics $31 million for combat vehicle work... United Kingdom awards Lockheed Martin Trident missile-support contract... etc.
Military & Aerospace Electronics May 2008	In Brief Boeing flies fuel cell-powered airplane... Lockheed Martin to support DOD high-performance computing centers... General Dynamics awarded $159 million for Abrams tank work... etc.
National Defense December 2003 Roxana Tiron	Army's Blue-Force Tracking Technology Was a Tough Sell Blue-force tracking systems, such as FBCB2, let commanders pinpoint the location of friendly forces on the battlefield. During their war preparations, U.S. soldiers initially dismissed the blue-force tracking technology---touted as one of the success stories of Operation Iraqi Freedom---as an unnecessary burden.
Military & Aerospace Electronics July 2004 J.R. Wilson	Military's push into embedded training relies on commercial technology Embedded training can involve computer-generated images of what weapons experts would see in combat, such as this simulated infrared image of an M1 main battle tank.
National Defense October 2005 Grace Jean	Army Transformation Modeled After Stryker Units "We have learned so much from this organization that we are able to accelerate into modularity much faster than we thought," said Lt. Gen. James Dubik, commanding general of I Corps and Fort Lewis.
Military & Aerospace Electronics August 2005 Ben Ames	Vetronics for the Future Combat System The next-generation vetronics systems will be a single web that can share data among themselves, with neighboring vehicles, and even with nearby soldiers and distant commanders.
Military & Aerospace Electronics September 2009 Courtney E. Howard	Advanced Vetronics: Hit the Ground Running Industry heeds the warfighter's call for innovative, responsive, and reliable electronics in combat vehicles on the ground.
National Defense June 2012 Dan Parsons	Vehicles Strut Their Stuff in Desert Trials The evaluation of non-developmental vehicles is part of a larger analysis of alternatives mandated by the Defense Department to ferret out available commercial technologies that might fit the bill for variants of the Ground Combat Vehicle.
Military & Aerospace Electronics March 2008	In Brief Boeing and Lockheed Martin team for next-generation bomber program... U.S. Air Force/Lockheed Martin team completes on-orbit deployment of modernized GPS satellite... Raytheon to provide AESA capabilities to 135 F/A-18... etc.
National Defense December 2015 Jon Harper	Army May Slow Down Procurement of New Light Reconnaissance Vehicle The Army is looking to procure a new scout vehicle for infantry units. But funding constraints and other priorities could hold the project back as the service pushes forward with its modernization plans.
National Defense May 2004 Roxana Tiron	Army Unmanned Air Vehicles Proliferate in the Battlefield The U.S. Army is committing increasing resources to developing sharply enhanced surveillance, communications and weapons for unmanned aerial vehicles.
Parameters Summer 2004 Gordon & Sollinger	The Army's Dilemma The Army is perceived by many as unimaginative, obstructionist, and wedded to concepts of warfare that are increasingly irrelevant to the current geopolitical environment. This article suggests an explanation for this perception and ways the Army might alter it.
Military & Aerospace Electronics September 2007 Courtney E. Howard	FCS is Coming to Fruition Industry players advance vehicle electronics in an effort to put Future Combat Systems in the hands of current-force soldiers sooner than expected.
National Defense October 2011 Sandra I. Erwin	Army's Ground Combat Vehicle: The Saga Continues The Army's quest for a new combat vehicle is one of the Pentagon's longest running, most drama-filled procurement soap operas.
National Defense January 2005 Sandra I. Erwin	Stryker Units Get Instant Feedback From Troops at War As the Army prepares to receive its 1,000th Stryker light armored vehicle this month, commanders are quickly absorbing lessons from combat operations in Iraq and are developing new tactics to help counter violent insurgencies in Iraq's major cities.
National Defense January 2007 Sandra I. Erwin	A Year at War: One Million Pieces of Damaged Equipment Repairs of worn-out and war-damaged Army equipment are certain to remain a $13 billion to $15 billion-a-year business - if not higher - for the foreseeable future.
National Defense April 2004 Sandra I. Erwin	Army Struggles to Maintain Ground Vehicle Fleet Facing a $12 billion tab to repair and replace vehicles and equipment damaged in combat operations, the Army expects to both reassess funding priorities and take a hard look at its logistics and maintenance practices.
National Defense January 2013 Dan Parsons	Vendors Pour Funding Into Armored Vehicle Development Vehicle manufacturers are gearing up for several parallel armored vehicle programs and, without any guarantee of a contract, are pouring money into working prototypes so that when the time comes, they can offer an "off-the-shelf" design.
National Defense May 2005 Roxana Tiron	Jordan Eyes Expansion of Domestic Defense Industry A Jordanian research and development center is achieving tangible results in building sophisticated technology for internal and border security, VIP protection, surveillance and emergency response.
National Defense March 2012 Stew Magnuson	Army, Marine Corps Face Pitfalls When it Comes to Modernizing Equipment As budgets tighten and the military reduces ground forces, the Marine Corps' failed attempt to field the Expeditionary Fighting Vehicle may serve as a case study for those hoping to modernize military equipment.
National Defense June 2007 Stew Magnuson	Future Combat Vehicles Will Fall Short of Preferred Weight Officials working on the Army modernization program admitted that they will not reach the preferred weight for the FCS family of combat vehicles.
National Defense April 2015 Sandra I. Erwin	Next Big Thing in Army SATCOM: Tiny Antennas For Combat Vehicles The Army's communications technology lab has identified distributed aperture terminals as a technology that could help shrink SATCOM systems so that they can be installed in Bradleys and tanks.
National Defense February 2013 Paul J. Kern	U.S. Troops Deserve a Competitive Equipment Advantage The Army can take advantage of commercial competitive practices for fast-moving technologies, rather than lengthy bureaucratic processes. The armed forces should have the best capability when they need it -- and at a more affordable price in a time of lean defense budgets.