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National Defense February 2006 Grace Jean	Truman Turns Into Virtual Playground for Navy Crews The Navy is investigating whether a video game that replicates operations aboard an aircraft carrier can help train ship and aviation crews.
National Defense February 2006 Lawrence P. Farrell	Armor Innovation Needs to Stay on Fast Track Even if the administration begins what could be a limited drawdown of forces in Iraq, efforts to develop new armor capabilities -- and to ensure adequate funding and resources for armored vehicles and other force-protection equipment -- must continue.
National Defense February 2006 Stew Magnuson	Fighters' Foreign Customers Add to Mix While it's well known that foreign buyers of the F-15 and F-16 jet fighters are helping to keep the production lines open, some of these customers are also helping boost the development of the aircraft, according to managers of the two programs.
National Defense February 2006 Harold Kennedy	Leathernecks Upgrade Combat Training Equipment The Marine Corps is installing a number of Lockheed Martin's live-fire and virtual training systems designed to help soldiers headed to Iraq and Afghanistan improve their fighting skills.
National Defense February 2006 Sandra I. Erwin	Marines Ponder Options for Future Trucks The Corps expects to increase purchases of light and medium armored trucks in the months ahead, while it continues to study long-term options for modernizing the fleet.
National Defense February 2006 Grace Jean	Air Guard Tests Airborne Communications Members of the Arizona National Guard successfully tested a balloon-based system that offered voice repeater communications for the Phoenix metropolitan area.
National Defense February 2006 Grace Jean	Interoperability in a Small Package A palm-sized ultra-high very-high frequency radio for military, security, and first-responder users provides reliable communications for squad or team use and offers connectivity to far-flung networks.
National Defense February 2006 Grace Jean	Light, Deployable Shelters Are on the Way Base-X is providing the Defense Logistics Agency with an array of tactical shelters and trailers that will be used by the military services and other federal agencies.
National Defense February 2006 Grace Jean	Non-Lethal Kits Go to Combat Troopers Troops in Iraq and Afghanistan have just received non-lethal crowd-control sets that were assembled by the project manager for close combat systems at Picatinny Arsenal.
National Defense February 2006 Reeder & Hickey	Defense Industry Political Activities: Do's and Don'ts Basic knowledge of the do's and don'ts of corporate political activity will prevent serious and potentially embarrassing pitfalls, and corporate leaders must know or be able to assess quickly the nuances before permitting any financial participation by anyone.
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