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National Defense
June 2006
Stew Magnuson |
High-Tech Weapons Mix Targets Urban Hazards As the Pentagon continues to invest in technologies to neutralize roadside bombs, rocket propelled grenades remain a potent threat. More than 100 soldiers have been killed since operations in South East Asia began.   |
National Defense
August 2007
Grace Jean |
Littoral Combat Ship Troubles: Opportunity for Small Boat Companies? With the cost of the Navy's littoral combat ship skyrocketing and its funding in peril, some say the sea service ought to give serious consideration to acquiring cheaper boats that could complement a reduced fleet. |
National Defense
March 2008
Breanne Wagner |
Navy Slows Pursuit of Autonomous Vessels for Coastal Surveillance The Navy has expressed interest in acquiring unmanned vessels that would patrol coastal areas, but budgetary and technological issues are slowing down the development and procurement of these vehicles. |
National Defense
November 2011
Beidel et al. |
10 Technologies the U.S. Military Will Need For the Next War Examples are faster and quieter helicopters, advanced crowd-control weapons, lighter infantry equipment that doesn't overburden troops, ultra-light trucks and better battlefield communications. |
National Defense
August 2006
Stew Magnuson |
Mesh of Technologies to Provide Maritime Safety Net While the Department of Homeland Security begins efforts to strengthen the nation's land borders, less publicized work continues on building a so-called virtual wall along U.S. coasts. |
National Defense
November 2014
Valerie Insinna |
Shipbuilders Bet on Radical Hull Designs to Defeat Swarming Boat Threat There is a need for a highly, highly stabilized craft that are not large, that are smaller, that can be used to patrol and defend the Navy's ships while they're in troubled waters against high-speed boats. |
National Defense
January 2009
Stew Magnuson |
Defense Department Under Pressure to Share Biometric Data Within minutes of knocking down the door of a suspected bomb maker in Iraq, U.S. troops can fingerprint everyone they find inside, send the scans across a satellite link, and find out if the subjects are suspected terrorists. |
National Defense
November 2007
Stew Magnuson |
Military Identity Technology Leaps Ahead of Policies To help fight the Iraqi insurgency, the Defense Department has pushed biometric collection technologies into the field. But policies on how best to use them are not fully developed. |
National Defense
July 2014
Valerie Insinna |
Nonlethal Technologies Become Lighter, More Potent Industry officials say the services' need for nonlethal technologies will only continue to grow, with weapons becoming lighter and more portable, having greater range and the capability to send and receive information. |
National Defense
January 2009
Kimberly Johnson |
Navy Seeks to Miniaturize Biometric Gear The Navy plans to issue biometric-capable handheld computers that can help sailors quickly identify a terrorist suspect when they are searching enemy ships. |
National Defense
August 2011
Grace V. Jean |
Drone Sensor Data Will Overload Networks, Navy Officials Warn The expected growth of unmanned systems at sea is raising concerns that the Navy's networks are ill prepared to handle the commensurate flood of data that the sensors will produce. |
National Defense
July 2014
Dan Parsons |
Nonlethal Weapons Could Gain Ground in Future Missions Nonlethal weapons are tailor-made for many of the potential scenarios Marines will encounter in unsettled regions of the world where firing live rounds could spark major conflict. |
National Defense
January 2009
Myra S. Gray |
Defense Dept. 'Institutionalizing' Use of Biometrics Biometrics use crosses all services. The Army is using biometrics to assist in identifying detainees in war zones |
National Defense
April 2007
Robert H. Williams |
Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Refueling Accomplished The Air Research Laboratory and Boeing's Phantom Works have demonstrated that unmanned aerial vehicles can be refueled in the air. |
National Defense
March 2005
Roxana Tiron |
Insurgents Learn to Exploit U.S. Military's Vulnerabilities As insurgents continue to develop more lethal means to attack U.S. forces and allies in Iraq, both military and private security officials have been conducting briefings on how to recognize and avoid the ubiquitous threats of suicide bombs, roadside mines and ambushes. |
National Defense
November 2007
Stew Magnuson |
U.S. Government Driving The Advance of Biometric Technologies Technology companies are rapidly developing biometric devices. But privacy policies, the tech backbone to effectively connect the scanners, and a market beyond the U.S. government, are lagging. |
