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Defense Systems
Targeting trouble in tough terrain
Systems seek to nail down mortars and sniper threats in the difficult terrain of Afghanistan and Iraq.
Defense Systems
RFID helps Army better track tank parts
The Army will have a clearer idea where all the parts to its broken tanks are, following a deal BAE Systems recently signed with ClearOrbit.
Defense Systems
Air warrior gives aircrews digital edge
Air Warrior, the third part of three Warrior development programs within the Program Executive Office-Soldier, focuses primarily on comfort and survivability factors for helicopter pilots and crew.
Defense Systems
Air Force demotes Cyberspace Command
The command has been put on hold, with focus shifting more toward nuclear controls.
Defense Systems
Air Force to restructure IT career paths
The Air Force's recent decision to postpone plans for a new Cyber Command has complicated the service’s efforts to cut its headcount to mandated levels while expanding the mission of its IT specialists.
Defense Systems
Air Force Cyber Command plan falls through hole in nuclear control net
The Defense Department has not canceled plans to launch the Air Force Cyber Command, according to Maj. Gen John Maluda.
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FCS robot gets ready for battlefield
iRobot, is on track to be one of the first efforts from the Defense Department’s Future Combat Systems project to bear fruit.
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The digitized battlefield
If survivability is the major goal of any system designed to be carried by soldiers into combat, the Army’s Land Warrior system has demonstrated its qualifications.
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Land Warrior Systems
15-month deployment of 240 units ended spring 2008. Next-generation deployment of 1,000 units due for early 2009.
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Air Force leaders step down
Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. T. Michael Moseley told reporters that failure to maintain consistent technical and process discipline was the primary cause of the slips in nuclear security that ultimately led to his firing.
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The future is slow to arrive
The Army's Future Combat Systems project is changing to meet criticisms and shifting priorities, but critics doubt the changes are coming soon enough to matter.
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Bootstrapping in Africa
Africom examines information sharing for nations short on infrastructure.
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USAF spends on flexible microcircuits
The Air Force Office of Scientific Research is funding research on thin,flexible transistors that could be developed into high-performance optoelectronics.
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Building defense in depth
The Missile Defense Agency promises the reality of global missile defense will be greater than the sum of its parts – but the parts have a long way to go before they fit together
