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National Defense
July 2006
Grace Jean |
Irregular Warfare Underscores Equipment Shortcomings While U.S. military commanders in the Middle East generally are satisfied by Pentagon efforts to move needed technologies to the front lines, much remains to be done.   |
National Defense
September 2007
Sandra I. Erwin |
Incompatible Technologies Weaken Utility of Aerial Spies The military services operate nearly 4,000 unmanned aircraft, most of which have been deployed to Iraq or Afghanistan. The Army alone is flying 1,200 drones in surveillance combat missions. |
National Defense
October 2009
Grace V. Jean |
Inadequate Displays, Shortage of Bandwidth Could Slow Advances in Night Vision Systems The military's night-vision capabilities are going digital, but displaying and sharing those electronic feeds could become a problem in the future if the dissemination of battlefield video today is any indication. |
National Defense
November 2009
Grace V. Jean |
Battlefield Intelligence: Easy to Collect, Tough to Share The U.S. military has deployed unmanned aircraft and other information collection devices at a pace that exceeds the capabilities of battlefield intelligence systems to archive, analyze and disseminate the video and imagery. |
National Defense
May 2008
Sandra I. Erwin |
In Today's Wars, Air Strikes Under Fire The Air Force and the Army feud over who gets to be in charge of the "big guns" on the battlefield. The rivalry has become irrelevant in current wars, where one doesn't win by killing, but by gaining the trust of the population. |
National Defense
July 2007
Grace Jean |
Surveillance Video Receiver To Become Handheld Device The laptop computer that displays the video collected by drones and other aircraft will soon come in a handheld device that can also transmit voice communications. |
National Defense
January 2008
Sandra I. Erwin |
Air Force Big-Ticket Weapons So Far Safe From Budget Ax Air Force pleas for bigger procurement budgets so far have fallen on deaf ears. But the service can rest assured that virtually none of its major weapon acquisition programs appears to be in financial jeopardy. |
National Defense
June 2004 |
Information Fusion Becomes a Reality Lockheed Martin Corp. recently unveiled a Web-based software package---called the joint war-fighters decision support platform---that is configured on an open architecture premise and will give the troops a cohesive and clarified view of the battlefield in real-time. |
National Defense
June 2007
Grace Jean |
Combat Veterans Catalog Equipment Shortfalls Many requested improvements in communications devices, batteries and weapons that, in many cases, are failing in the fight. |
National Defense
November 2006
Hunter Grunden |
Technologies Only Go So Far For Air Force Ground Operators Air Force combat controllers -- covert troops trained to operate deep in hostile territory -- have seen an avalanche of new communications and targeting systems come their way, but these systems are not always user friendly. |
National Defense
November 2009
Erwin, Jean & Magnuson |
Today's Fights Expose Technological Weak Spots Disruptive challenges, such as roadside bombs, combatants camouflaged as civilians, and insurgent camps that are undetectable by electronic sensors, have forced U.S. military leaders to search for new tactics and technologies. |
National Defense
August 2007
Sandra I. Erwin |
Equipment Requests Raise Procurement Integrity Questions The increasingly frequent practice of tagging combat equipment requests as "urgent" needs has resulted in widespread abuse of the system. |
National Defense
August 2009
Sandra I. Erwin |
Future War: How The Game is Changing "It's hard to concentrate on a grand strategy when your house is on fire," said Marine Corps Gen. James Mattis, head of U.S. Joint Forces Command. Even as they cope with the frantic demands of two major wars, military leaders say they have a clearer sense of the future than they did in the 1990s. |
