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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.
Military & Aerospace Electronics April 2008	DARPA Looks to Sensors Unlimited to Develop Next-Generation Night-Vision Technology The night-vision sensor technology will be for helmet-mounted and micro vehicle applications.
Defense Update Issue 1, 2008	FCS Vehicles Move On The new family of vehicles is introducing many new capabilities to the Army, including electrical propulsion for combat vehicles.
Military & Aerospace Electronics June 2006 John McHale	Robots Are Fearless The U.S. Army's Future Combat Systems program will integrate unmanned ground vehicles into a future force. Autonomous ground vehicles promise to be a major paradigm shift in ground warfare.
Military & Aerospace Electronics April 2005 Ben Ames	Army combat simulator uses RGB recorders DGx real-time digital recording system from RGB Spectrum are being used to capture real-time information from the network for a U.S. Army Future Combat Systems simulator.
Military & Aerospace Electronics May 2007	Lockheed Martin Evaluating 360-Degree Surveillance Camera From RemoteReality Lockheed needs a camera for a number of applications that call for persistent situational awareness in daylight and at night.
Military & Aerospace Electronics January 2005 Ben Ames	Optical sensors light up the battlefield Tomorrow's sensors will be modular, digital, fused, and networked
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 May 2007 Stew Magnuson	Soldiers Test Tools for Urban Surveillance Field tests begin for the first technologies scheduled to reach soldiers' hands from the Future Combat Systems program.
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.
National Defense May 2009 Robert H. Williams	Apache Pilots Receive Real-Time UAV Data Lockheed Martin's video from unmanned aerial systems for interoperability teaming (VUITT) is allowing Apache gunship pilots to receive in their cockpits streaming battlefield information from unmanned aerial vehicles.
Military & Aerospace Electronics September 2007 Courtney E. Howard	Army Officials cut FCS Program from 18 Systems to 14 U.S. Army officials have restructured the Future Combat Systems program to modernize the current force, while also providing the future force with advanced technology.
Popular Mechanics June 26, 2008 Joe Pappalardo	Shift on Future Combat Systems Will Rush High-Tech Gear to Iraq Pentagon officials announced big changes for its closely watched Future Combat Systems (FCS) program, aiming to bring combat sensors and robots to the battlefield more quickly.
National Defense August 2008 Sandra I. Erwin	Future Combat Systems Accelerated, One More Time Watchers of the Army's largest ever high-tech weapons project, the Future Combat Systems, may have experienced a classic case of deja vu last month -- when the service announced its latest plan to rush FCS technologies to the front lines.
Military & Aerospace Electronics July 2009 John Keller	Unmanned Vehicles Leave Boot Camp to Join the Regular Forces Unmanned vehicles are becoming plentiful on-and over-the modern battlefield, yet these automated systems until recently have been seen largely as military curiosities, not standard equipment. That's all about to change.
Military & Aerospace Electronics June 2005 Ben Ames	Smaller Sensors Make Unmanned Vehicles Smarter Army researchers are now developing another part of FCS-an armed robotic vehicle (ARV) that uses autonomous sensors and weapons to minimize soldiers' battlefield exposure.
National Defense October 2006 Robert H. Williams	High-Speed Imaging Advance Offers Fast Retrieval Adding "brains" to high-speed cameras is permitting industrial and military users to rapidly detect product defects or ephemeral targets of opportunity on the battlefield.
Military & Aerospace Electronics October 2004	Army moves toward transformation vision with contract for WIN-T program Former competitors General Dynamics and Lockheed Martin will now cooperate to create the high-speed battlefield network that will be the communications foundation of the Army Future Combat System.
Military & Aerospace Electronics June 2009 John Keller	The time has come for military ground robots Military robots for ground applications are coming into their own as U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) leaders are increasing their reliance on unmanned ground vehicles.
National Defense April 2009 Sandra I. Erwin	Defense Dept. Forecasts Greater Use of Robots in Ground Combat Officials who oversee robot technology development at the Defense Department say it is just the beginning.
Military & Aerospace Electronics April 2007 Courtney E. Howard	General Dynamics and Rockwell Collins Debut First Integrated Computer Systems for the Future Combat Systems Program The integration will deliver Future Combat System (FCS)-equipped military units with exceptional processing, networking, data-storage, and information assurance capabilities.
National Defense September 2007 Breanne Wagner	Navigation System Advances Army's Pursuit of Unmanned Vehicles The Army will begin a series of tests in October that could demonstrate whether ground combat robots can find their way autonomously in the battlefield.
Military & Aerospace Electronics August 2006	Boeing and SAIC Award Honeywell Contract to Develop FCS Class I UAVs Boeing and partner Science Applications International Corp., functioning as the Lead Systems Integrator for the U.S. Army's Future Combat System program, awarded a contract to Honeywell Defense & Space Electronic Systems to develop the Class I Unmanned Aerial Vehicle System (UAVS).
Military & Aerospace Electronics May 2006	Boeing standardizes FCS device development on Wind River Workbench Wind River's Workbench will be applied across the FCS program to develop the system-of-systems common operating environment (SoSCOE).
The Motley Fool May 22, 2009 Rich Smith	Boeing Says A-B-C-U-Later to $160 Billion Program The Pentagon confirmed that it is officially putting an end to its "$160 billion" Future Combat Systems program in its current form, heading off taxpayer fears that runaway costs could morph FCS into a $300 billion boondoggle.
Military & Aerospace Electronics July 2009 John Keller	A Detailed Look at the Pentagon's $5.4 Billion Plan in 2010 to Develop and Deploy U.S. military forces plan to spend nearly $5.4 billion next year on unmanned vehicle (UV) technology for air, ground, and maritime applications.
Military & Aerospace Electronics July 2004	Unmanned vehicles: one of the hottest technologies going Unmanned air, ground, and underwater vehicles are finding important new niches in military and aerospace applications.
Military & Aerospace Electronics April 2007 John McHale	Sensitive and Tireless: High-Endurance UAVs Sense What Men Cannot Sensors for unmanned aircraft are evolving in efficiency and capability as payload designers look for every possible edge in surveillance, combat, and collision avoidance.
Military & Aerospace Electronics November 2009	Electro--Optic Brief Military night-vision goggles provided to British military by ITT... Rugged camera for covert surveillance introduced by Toshiba Teli America... Electro-optical infrared sensor for armored vehicle night vision is aim of BAE contract... etc.
Military & Aerospace Electronics May 2008 John McHale	Unmanned Systems Impact Battlefield and the Market Despite a lowing economy, the market for unmanned systems is expect grow significantly over the next five years with various market studies seeing a double-digit billion dollar market.
Military & Aerospace Electronics August 2005	Army unmanned ground systems go where humans cannot Retired Navy Vice Adm. Joe Dyer, executive vice president and general manager of iRobot's Government & Industrial Robots division, answers questions about the recently released -- the PackBot Explorer.
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 2006 Sandra I. Erwin	Robots Aid Soldiers, But Can be Irritating Feedback from soldiers on the use of robots in combat is leading researchers to believe that robotic technology has the potential to become a huge assist in combat operations, but that too much automation may not be desirable.
IEEE Spectrum August 2011 Lora G. Weiss	Autonomous Robots in the Fog of War Networks of autonomous robots will someday transform warfare, but significant hurdles remain.
National Defense May 2008 Stew Magnuson	Ground Robots' Place in Military At Risk, Experts Warn With the success of explosive ordnance disposal robots in Iraq and Afghanistan, one might assume that "mechanical soldiers" are here to stay. But that might not be the case.
Military & Aerospace Electronics May 2005 John McHale	Sensors Unlimited develops InGaAs technology for cutting-edge IR programs Indium gallium arsenide-based shortwave infrared imaging is being merged with thermal imaging for military night-vision technology to produce an imaging network with soldiers and with command-and-control authorities.
Military & Aerospace Electronics January 2007	DRS Technologies to provide lightweight electro-optical/infrared sensors for Army FCS UAVs The sensors will provide imagery during reconnaissance, surveillance, and target-acquisition (RSTA) missions and enhanced reconnaissance and security/early-warning capabilities, which will increase situational awareness.
Military & Aerospace Electronics March 2006 Ben Ames	Army's Next-Generation Humvee Will Use Networked Vetronics In a departure from using trucks that are simple workhorses, Army leaders have required that each vehicle be packed with electronics.
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.
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.
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National Defense May 2008 Stew Magnuson	To Succeed, Soldiers `Need to See the Environment' Troops fighting in Iraq's cities often complain that they cannot see the enemy and need sensors that can penetrate walls, identify foes in pitch dark and locate buried explosives.
National Defense May 2004 Roxana Tiron	Warfare by Remote Control A long-awaited robotic security system--capable of detecting intruders, assessing their intentions, communicating their location and even stopping them in their tracks--will be evaluated next month at Hawthorne Army Depot, Nev.
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