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National Defense
April 2006
Stew Magnuson |
Interagency Group Looking For a Few Good Innovations The interagency organization that fosters counterterrorism technologies and puts them into the hands of military or civilian users has seen a steady increase in funding. But for companies large and small hoping to win a contract, the challenges can be daunting.   |
National Defense
November 2013
Stew Magnuson |
Boston Attack Highlights Bomb Squad Shortfalls The nation's 466 bomb squads have urgent needs for robots that can help them do their jobs, said a leading expert in counter-improvised explosive device technologies. The problem is that they don't have much money to upgrade their systems. |
National Defense
July 2013
Stew Magnuson |
Survey Exposes Flaw in Domestic Improvised Explosive Device Reporting System A survey of bomb squads in the United States found that only a small percentage of improvised explosive device incidents are reported to a national database, said a federal official tasked with preventing terrorist bombings. |
National Defense
April 2014
Yasmin Tadjdeh |
Counterterrorism Office Seeks Array of Technologies Devices to defeat improvised bombs and chemical and biological weapons are among its most acute needs. |
National Defense
September 2009
Stew Magnuson |
Feds Begin to Tackle the Vexing Problem of How to Defeat Homemade Bombs Congress' attention remains focused on preventing the use of weapons of mass destruction on U.S. soil, but improvised explosive devices do not receive the same attention as the chemical, biological or nuclear threats. |
National Defense
October 2015
Stew Magnuson |
Bomb Squads Need the Best Tools Available Bomb squads -- both military and civilian -- deserve and need the very best technologies the nation can offer them. |
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
January 2012
Sandra I. Erwin |
Buried Bombs Can Be Destroyed, But Not Defeated The weapons of choice of U.S. enemies, improvised explosive devices, are like deadly viruses that mutate in reaction to vaccines. They cannot be wiped out, only temporarily thwarted. |
National Defense
June 2008
Stew Magnuson |
First Responders Slow to Take Up Robot Technology First responders investigating potential incendiary devices are utilizing the latest robotic devices, but other parts of the emergency services community have been slow to take up the technology. |
National Defense
December 2009
Grace V. Jean |
To Train Troops, Army Creates Digital Reenactments of Roadside Bomb Attacks Video footage of insurgents burying improvised explosive devices, or IEDs, is among the data collected by analysts who are assisting simulation experts at the joint training counter-IED operations integration center. |
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. |
National Defense
September 2009
Magnuson & Breitbach |
Tech vs. Terrorism For every threat to the homeland, there's a business that has a technology waiting in the wings to counter a would-be terrorist's moves. |
National Defense
April 2010
Stew Magnuson |
Face, Iris and Fingerprint Biometrics Good Enough for Now, Says White House Staffer Federal agencies that collect biometric data to screen individuals should concentrate their efforts on fingerprints, faces and irises, and perfect the collection of those technologies first. |
National Defense
June 2012
Stew Magnuson |
DHS Bomb Prevention Program Sees Uptick in Users After seeing a stagnant number of users for the first four years, a Department of Homeland Security webportal designed to share information on improvised explosive devices is finally beginning to grow, a representative of the TRIPwire program said. |
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. |
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. |
IEEE Spectrum
October 2008
Glenn Zorpette |
Bomb Squad Diary A high-tech form of bomb disposal has evolved on the streets of Iraq and Afghanistan. It may be coming to a city near you |
National Defense
June 2015
Allyson Versprille |
Bomb Squad Robots Taking Human Form Bombs squads across the United States are seeking robots that resemble the human form as servicemen and first responders face situations where more dexterity and flexibility are needed, said industry and law enforcement leaders. |
National Defense
April 2009
Robert H. Williams |
Stealthy, Small Robot Tracks Enemy Day or Night A tiny, mobile surveillance robot that can be thrown through windows or over walls has been outfitted with infrared sensors so that it can spot bad guys in the dark. |
National Defense
April 2010
Stew Magnuson |
Mobile Simulators Give Soldiers Early Roadside Bomb Training The mobile counter-IED interactive trainer is one of two new simulators exposing ground forces to the hazards they may face before they arrive in Afghanistan or Iraq. |
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. |
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
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. |
