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Military & Aerospace Electronics
December 2008 |
U.S. Naval Sea Systems Command Selects ITT Systems to Defeat Improvised Explosive Devices ITT will build and deliver up to 15,000 CREW 2.1 Vehicle Receiver Jammers (CVRJs), to help thwart improvised explosive devices (IEDs).   |
Military & Aerospace Electronics
October 2007
Courtney E. Howard |
Aided by Electronics It is a busy time for technology companies and defense organizations in the electronic warfare and signals intelligence industry. |
Military & Aerospace Electronics
April 2008
John Keller |
Counter-IED System Procurement Sets New Standards for Speedy Deployment Leaders of the Pentagon's Joint IED Defeat Organization (JIEDDO) are setting new standards for speedy weapon system procurement. They hope to fund systems to counter roadside bombs within two months from initial proposal. |
National Defense
April 2012
Sapolsky & Schrage |
More Than Technology Needed to Defeat Roadside Bombs Soldiers and Marines in Afghanistan call the bigger IEDs "Buffalo killers" for the type of MRAP that they can destroy. |
Military & Aerospace Electronics
January 2010
John Keller |
Army Approaches Industry for Ideas on Developing a Vehicle-Mounted, Sniper-Detection Sensor System U.S. Army leaders are beginning the process of developing a sensor system mountable to Army tactical vehicles that can detect the presence of enemy snipers and marksmen before the enemy has a chance to shoot. |
Registered Rep.
November 1, 2004 |
Funny Fact The Financial Planning Association has set up a kiosk for dispensing free financial advice to seniors in a Thousand Oaks, Calif., mall. |
National Defense
February 2005
Roxana Tiron |
Efforts to Deploy Sea Bases Could Draw Lessons From Special Warfare As the U.S. military attempts to develop the technology and doctrine that will allow it to launch and sustain missions solely from the sea, special operations forces have been carrying out such operations on a smaller scale for more than two decades, according to a top Navy official. |
Military & Aerospace Electronics
August 2004
Ben Ames |
Military Warns Contractors About Pitfalls of Joint Weapons Design Pentagon planners are pushing the different service branches to share equipment and split the cost of customized-weapons development. This joint operation will help transform the American military into a lighter, faster force, they say. |
National Defense
April 2010
Stew Magnuson |
JIEDDO Chief Seeks Help as Roadside Bombs Plague Afghanistan The new director of the Joint Improvised Explosive Device Defeat Organization, wants contractors, small businesses, or inventors working in their basements to come forward with any devices or thoughts on how to defeat roadside bombs. |
National Defense
July 2004
Harold Kennedy |
Navy Tests Coastal Warfare Systems Aboard New Catamaran A new high-speed catamaran, just leased for $21.7 million, is helping the U.S. Navy decide what technologies will be most useful in coastal warfare. |
National Defense
September 2006
Lawrence P. Farrell |
In the Navy, Research Sails Forward Like the other military services, the Navy is undergoing a transformation in its war-fighting concepts, tactics and strategy. For the Navy, this means turning more attention to littoral areas and preparing to conduct a broad array of unconventional anti-terrorism operations. |
National Defense
August 2004
Sandra I. Erwin |
Washington Pulse Joint Warfare Has Its Drawbacks... Naval Aviators Told To Tighten Belt... Marines Shifting Non-Combat Jobs to Civilians... Military Training Programs Could See Cutbacks... |
National Defense
July 2006
Stew Magnuson |
Improvised Explosive Threat Reaches Global Scale The end state of successful accomplishment of a special U.S. military group's mission is eliminating the improvised explosive device as a weapon of strategic influence for the enemy. It's no singular, simple task. |
National Defense
January 2006
Stew Magnuson |
Adaptive Foe Thwarts Counter-IED Efforts Coalition forces are engaged in an ongoing invisible combat in the radio and infrared spectra. Iraqi insurgents have progressed from simple trip wires to infrared devices to set off improvised explosive devices. |
National Defense
August 2012
Eric Beidel |
Search Continues For Driverless Convoy Vehicles The Pentagon has hit some stumbling blocks in its efforts to develop unmanned vehicles, but officials still have hopes of deploying a range of systems that can trick enemy fighters and keep troops safe from improvised explosive devices. |
The Motley Fool
April 15, 2008
Rich Duprey |
Can Applied Energetics Zap Its Way to Revenue? Applied Energetics has been contracting with the U.S. military to develop some high-tech methods to defeat improvised explosive devices. |
National Defense
December 2005
Michael Peck |
Joint Staff Officers Often Unprepared for New Jobs Military officers assigned to newly-created "joint staff" jobs arrive with little or no training on how to function in a multi-service environment. |
National Defense
July 2011
Stew Magnuson |
Pentagon Still Playing Catch-Up With Bomb Makers The U.S. military's cadre of bomb disposal technicians needs lighter equipment, the ability to detect explosives at stand-off distances and their sensors consolidated into one handheld device. |
National Defense
August 2004
Harold Kennedy |
Navy Special Operators Test Advanced High-Speed Craft The U.S. Navy is putting through its paces a sleek, fast, shallow-draft technology demonstrator that promises to reduce crew and passenger injuries caused by a combination of speed and choppy water. |
Defense Update
Issue 3, 2004 |
IED - A Weapons' Profile This article covers concepts, tactics and countermeasures against Improvised Explosive Devices, as encountered in the modern "low intensity conflicts" and urban battlefields. |
Defense Update
Issue 2, 2005 |
IED -- Shaped Charges Attacks on American troops from IEDs are on the rise. US forces are using jamming devices to disable remote controlled denotation, but the insurgents are adapting with new techniques. |
IEEE Spectrum
September 2008
Glenn Zorpette |
Countering IEDS Billions of dollars spent on defeating improvised explosive devices are beginning to show what technology can and cannot do for the evolving struggle |
National Defense
January 2006
Sandra I. Erwin |
Defense Dept. to Host Industry Conference Targeting `Improvised Explosive Devices' Despite its technological prowess when it comes to weapon systems, the Pentagon has yet to come up with an effective solution to curb the rising casualty toll in Iraq resulting from improvised explosive devices, or IEDs. |
