Defense & Aerospace

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The Motley Fool July 5, 2006 Seth Jayson	Law Enforcement Needs First AID Law Enforcement Associates stock gets even sicker as the CFO resigns. The lesson here is clear for investors: Don't rush headlong into the next big anything, especially if the last big role model is still running hot.
IEEE Spectrum July 2006 Prachi Patel-Predd	Traveling Light On a three-day mission, a Special Forces soldier might lug along 12 kilograms of batteries. But now the military is developing micro fuel cells that could weigh half as much as batteries, and could be recharged -- or rather refilled.
National Defense July 2006 Stew Magnuson	Bomb Disposal Teams Deliver Blunt Talk on Robots EOD specialists who served in Iraq recently had a chance to address the robot manufacturers, and tell them in sometimes brutally honest terms, what they liked and didn't like about the systems, and describe the often deadly hazards they faced daily.
National Defense July 2006 Grace Jean	Equipment `Quick Fixes' Are the Order of the Day As the U.S. armed services face a growing demand for new battlefield technologies, equipment "quick fixes" often have circumvented the formal acquisition process.
National Defense July 2006 Grace Jean	Light Source Offers Alternative to Radio Under a Navy contract and with corporate funds, Torrey Pines Logic has developed a tiny transmitter and receiver system utilizing prisms that, when engineered into an attachment that fits eyepieces of optical devices allows users to beam infrared light pulses and, in the process, exchange voice or digital data.
National Defense July 2006 Grace Jean	Military Finds Useful Roles for Robotic `Skydiver' With the aid of miniature satellite-guided parachutes, unmanned aerial vehicles could deliver sensors, medical supplies and even munitions to precisely targeted destinations. One technology currently being tested is Stara Technologies' Mosquito.
National Defense July 2006 Sandra I. Erwin	Next-Generation Robots: Bigger and Better? The exploits of bomb-sniffing robots in Iraq and Afghanistan have solidified their role as useful combat tools, but the technology needs to be pushed much further, say robot designers and engineers.
National Defense July 2006 Stew Magnuson	Role of Unmanned Aircraft Questioned Where and when UAVs can fly in U.S. airspace remains the purview of the Federal Aviation Administration, which has taken a conservative stance on their use. The FAA may be busy in the coming months.
National Defense July 2006 Sandra I. Erwin	Russia's Littoral Combat Ship Angles for International Sales A Russian corvette currently being built to patrol that country's coastal waters may not live up to the technological stature of the U.S. Navy's littoral combat ship. But it could be a potentially attractive choice to nations unable, for security reasons, to acquire weapons from the United States.
National Defense July 2006 Grace Jean	Snipers Cannot Hide From Laser Sensor Torrey Pines Logic Inc. new laser sensor can detect shooters before they pull the trigger, and can provide information on the shooter's location.
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