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National Defense July 2005 Sandra I. Erwin	Urban Fighting Highlights Need for Smaller Weapons The U.S. military services spend billions of dollars on precision-guided bombs, missiles and artillery shells, which, for the most part, have proved inadequate for urban fighting in Iraqi cities.
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 September 2005 Sandra I. Erwin	Navy Wants Precision Weapons That Don't Endanger Civilians Navy fighter-bombers in the future will be equipped with smaller, multifunctional munitions that will give pilots a broader array of options for attacking ground targets than the 1,000- or 2,000-pound bombs they now use.
National Defense July 2004 Frank Colucci	Small Precision Bomb On Fast Track Seeking to meet growing demands for small precision-guided bombs, the U.S. Air Force is rushing to develop a new weapon that is more accurate but with less destructive power than current systems.
National Defense March 2006 Sandra I. Erwin	Army to Equip Helos With `Low Cost' Munitions The Army soon may begin arming its combat helicopters with an undersized missile that could surgically destroy targets in urban areas without killing or maiming friendly forces or innocent civilians.
Popular Mechanics June 2008 Joe Pappalardo	4 New High-Tech Weapons Pack Small Shells, Big Boom New improved small missiles, guns, bombs, and decoys will be used by the United States Armed Forces
National Defense March 2004 Roxana Tiron	Poor Intelligence Hampers Precision Weapon Performance Despite the widely publicized success in precision strike operations during the Iraq and Afghanistan wars, the U.S. military lacks the intelligence and sensor capability to assess its targets and battle damage, according to a top Defense Department weapons expert.
National Defense June 2006 Sandra I. Erwin	Army to Curtail Procurement of Precision-Guided Weapons The Army needs to reevaluate its precision-guided munitions programs, and identify which of its current weapons should continue to receive funding. Contractors worried about declining sales should try to find ways to consolidate production lines across all military services.
National Defense April 2005 Frank Colucci	Army Developing Tactics for Armed Robotic Aircraft The topic of armed UAVs is gaining attention at the Defense Department. Examples: The Army's Hunter unmanned aerial vehicle is being outfitted with precision-guided weapons for duty in Iraq. And Boeing's unmanned Little Bird helicopter is being tested at Fort Eustis.
Defense Update March 2007	Smart Weapons for UAVs The Origins of Weaponized UAVs... Deployment of Weaponized UAVs... Gravity Dropped Munitions for UAVs... etc.
Defense Update Issue 2, 2007	Arming the Attack Helicopter for Asymmetric Warfare Adequately protected and armed, attack helicopters can rapidly deploy as called for by the situation -- even low intensive combat missions..
National Defense November 2004 Sandra I. Erwin	Urban Fighting in Iraq Spurs New Thinking in Strike Aviation Unconventional tactics have become standard procedure for U.S. naval aviators who are supporting ground troops in the fight against insurgents in Iraq.
National Defense November 2004 Sandra I. Erwin	Army Initiates Study to Measure Value of Precision-Guided Weapons The soaring prices of precision-guided munitions have spawned yet another round of debates in the Army on the role these weapons will play on future battlefields and whether they are worth the cost.
National Defense July 2011 Eric Beidel	Military Investigates Killer Drones That Can Fit in Rucksacks Troops are demanding smaller unmanned aerial vehicles on the front lines, sparking efforts to develop lighter weapons for the aircraft. Now there are plans to make weapons out of the drones themselves.
Military & Aerospace Electronics June 2005 John Keller	Lockheed Martin Set to Build Laser-Guided Practice Rounds for U.S. Navy Lockheed Martin is performing the work under terms of a $26 million contract. The laser-guided training round helps pilots train to use laser-guided bombs, but without the resulting destruction and hazards.
National Defense July 2007 Grace Jean	Investments Should Target Urban Warfare Despite all the leaps and bounds the nation has made in defense technologies to claim military dominance, there is still one domain that has proven elusive: the urban battlefield.
National Defense May 2008 Grace V. Jean	Technology Upgrades Give Edge to Ground-Attack Pilots A-10 jets will soon see an upgrade in technology.
National Defense May 2005 Sandra I. Erwin	Time on the Ground In Iraq Pays Off For Naval Aviators The aviators of Carrier Air Wing Three---just back from the Persian Gulf---found that, when it comes to flying close-air support missions, there is no substitute to spending time on the ground.
National Defense January 2006 Stew Magnuson	Non-lethal Weapon Readied for Battlefield A directed energy weapon that causes a sensation tantamount to a "bee sting all over the body" to those unlucky enough to be on the receiving end could be deployed by the Air Force before the end of this year.
Defense Update Issue 4, 2004	Precision Strike Weapons Over the past decade, modern air forces have been shifting from focusing on the number of airplanes it takes to destroy a single target, to the number of targets which can be destroyed with a single aircraft
Military & Aerospace Electronics December 2008 John McHale	Incoming! Precision Guidance Keeps Munitions on Target Lasers, global positioning systems, and other modern technologies have made hitting fixed targets with missiles and bombs extremely efficient. Now defense experts are designing systems to hit targets on the move and beyond line of sight.
Defense Update Issue 4, 2004	Precision Attack in Urban Warfare Air forces are seeking new, specialized weapons which are designed to penetrate buildings and bunkers, and localize the effect inside the specific target, while avoiding risk to friendly forces or collateral damage.
National Defense July 2004 Sandra I. Erwin	Air Force Seeking Funds to Connect Weapons in Flight The Air Force expects to get approval later this year to begin a two-year $30 million program to evaluate the use of communication devices aboard precision-guided missiles and bombs.
National Defense July 2004 Sandra I. Erwin	Army Has High Expectations For Smart Artillery Rounds Past unsuccessful attempts to field precision-guided munitions have served as hard lessons to U.S. Army developers, who are now trying to bring to fruition a new generation of smart weapons.
National Defense August 2009 Sandra I. Erwin	Air Power: Where's the Love? Why is air power being blamed for the lack of progress in Afghanistan?
Military & Aerospace Electronics March 2010 Courtney Howard	Marine aviators complete operational assessment of advanced Precision Kill Weapon System The operational assessment provides Marine aviators the opportunity to "test drive" the system before it is deployed, and to confirm that the laser-guided, 2.75-inch rocket will meet their needs in combat.
National Defense March 2006 Stew Magnuson	Directed Energy Weapons Face Hurdles Directed energy weapons used by Stryker crews are on the verge of being deployed, but there are several hurdles program directors and policymakers must overcome if these new systems are to make an impact in urban battlefields.
Popular Mechanics October 2008	Remote-Control Missiles in a Box & More Could Quiet Iraq Critics Army foot soldiers in remote areas often rely on aircraft to deliver precision strikes to support their operations.
Defense Update Issue 1, 2006	The Challenges of Command and Control in Urban Operations In the past, offensive military operations have usually been conducted in urban environments only when unavoidable, but conflicts are shifting into the cities, where terrorists and insurgents find safe havens.
National Defense February 2005 Sandra I. Erwin	Military Rivalries Rekindled Over `Roles and Missions' The team spirit seen on the front lines typically does not translate into affable negotiations at the Pentagon's budget table, where the services wage bureaucratic wars for their share of a $420 billion defense pie.
National Defense June 2007 Stew Magnuson	Bomb Making Skills Spread Globally The war in Iraq is accelerating the development of IED technology as terrorists and insurgents are forced to adapt their methods to defeat countermeasures.
National Defense July 2005 Joe Pappalardo	New Weapons Sought For Special Ops Gunships New more precise weapons are being considered for the now higher flying AC-130. When the AC-130 is phased out state-of-the-art concepts include unmanned craft.
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.
National Defense May 2004 Frank Colucci	Smart Missles The Army is beginning to develop sophisticated "smart" missiles and launchers, intended to be deployed in advance of maneuver forces.
National Defense June 2007 Sandra I. Erwin	For the First Time, Navy Will Launch Weapons From Surveillance Drones The Navy will request funds in fiscal year 2010 to begin outfitting its new surveillance drone with kinetic weapons.
Parameters Summer 2008 Charles J. Dunlap, Jr.	Making Revolutionary Change: Airpower in COIN Today The wars in Iraq and Afghanistan are air wars as well as ground wars. Airpower has played a critical role in counterinsurgency combat.
National Defense June 2004 Sandra I. Erwin	More Than Technology Is Needed to Win Wars As events unfold in Iraq, much second-guessing goes on in Washington, not just about the overall U.S. strategy or lack thereof, but also on whether the hundreds of billions of dollars allocated every year to weapon systems are being spent on the right things.
Popular Mechanics May 2009 David Hambling	UAV Helicopter Brings Finesse to Airstrikes The Defense Department is seeking weapons for UAVs that can strike enemies but limit collateral damage, especially in cities.
National Defense August 2007 Grace Jean	Defense Technologies for an Uncertain Future The United States is at a crossroads when it comes to developing defense technologies for a future that seems obscure at best.
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.
National Defense July 2012 Eric Beidel	Controversies Do Little to Temper U.S. Employment of Armed Aerial Drones With the war in Iraq over and the one in Afghanistan winding down, the fight against terrorists will become more decentralized, leaving experts to ponder where the United States will next employ its armed drones.
National Defense October 2011 Sandra I. Erwin	Pentagon Should Think Twice Before It Cuts Ground Forces, Historians Warn In the wake of every conflict since World War II, ground troops have been declared obsolete. And each time, the prognosticators have been wrong, says military historian John C. McManus.
National Defense September 2009 Lawrence P. Farrell Jr.	Program Terminations Invariably Have Unintended Consequences One of the most controversial decisions was to end the F-22 fighter program at 187 aircraft. Some pundits, defense intellectuals and even government officials have contended that the F-22 is a Cold War weapon that is not needed for today's world.
National Defense September 2004 Sandra I. Erwin	Vice Chief Tells Air Force Staff to `Fix the Weather' Although the Air Force has some of the most sophisticated weaponry ever made, it can't battle the weather. The idea is to get weather information instantly fed into command-and-control systems so planners can make decisions based on accurate up-to-dater data.
Military & Aerospace Electronics December 2009 J.R. Wilson	Directed-Energy Weapons Will be the Next Generation of Precision-Guided Munitions Directed-energy weapons are on the top of the wish list for the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA).
National Defense December 2005 Sandra I. Erwin	Controlling Iraq's Crowded Airspace No Easy Task The Air Defense Artillery Center is working to avoid collisions between unmanned drones and helicopters over Iraq. Future airspace control plans include defense against cruise missiles, rockets, artillery and mortars.
Popular Mechanics June 12, 2009 Joe Pappalardo	Airstrike 101: 5 Questions to Ask About The Civilian Bombing Not all airstrikes are equal when it comes to civilian casualties.
National Defense January 2008 Sandra I. Erwin	Nonlethal Weapons: Help or Hinder? A series of successful tests have boosted chances that a new nonlethal crowd-control weapon will be deployed to Iraq next year. But it appears doubtful that nonlethal weapons will become pervasive in combat zones in the foreseeable future.
National Defense December 2005 Harold Kennedy	Pentagon Eyes Growing Short-Range Missile Threat Defense Department officials are warning that terrorists soon could strike U.S. cities with short-range missiles.
Military & Aerospace Electronics December 2009 J.R. Wilson	The Future of Precision-Guided Munitions Smart bullets for infantry weapons, GPS receivers built into the soldier's boot, eliminating enemy snipers before they have a chance to shoot, and counter-RPG systems are the future of weaponry.