Defense & Aerospace

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National Defense August 2006 Grace Jean	Overseas Companies Adapting to U.S. Market Needs With current commitments driving the high demand for military equipment, foreign companies perceive the U.S. defense market to be the proverbial pot of gold.
National Defense August 2006 Stew Magnuson	Troubled Coast Guard Cutter Threatens Deepwater The Coast Guard is considering purchasing commercial vessels to serve as stopgaps after the development of its fast response cutter stalled this year.
National Defense August 2006 Grace Jean	Unmanned Surveillance Balloon To Hit the Skies Aeronautics Defense Systems Ltd. has developed an unmanned surveillance aircraft that looks like a balloon but flies like a kite.
National Defense August 2006 Harold Kennedy	Whose chopper has the right stuff for the Air Force? Three industry teams are competing to produce the Air Force's next-generation combat search and rescue helicopter, dubbed the CSAR-X.
National Defense August 2006 Robert H. Williams	Diagnostic Technology Applied to Marine vehicles State of the art automotive diagnostic systems are being adapted by Delphi engineers for the Marine Corps' light armored vehicles (LAVs). This technology is commonplace in new cars, but no so for combat vehicles.
National Defense August 2006 Robert H. Williams	Hybrid Respirator Now Offered Commercially A multi-mode respirator, called the PATRIOT hybrid life support system can be operated as an air purifying respirator, an open-circuit self-contained breathing apparatus or a supplied-air respirator.
National Defense August 2006 Robert H. Williams	Improved Military Weather Station Unveiled An advanced version of the TACMET II weather station is being offered by Climatronics Corp. The system, which comes in two rugged cases, operates on extremely low AC or DC power and provides weather information in real-time.
National Defense August 2006 Robert H. Williams	Mini Device Pinpoints Nuclear Threats A pager-sized device that has been introduced by Thermo Electron not only detects and identifies specific nuclear threats, but also transmits this information in real time to command centers.
National Defense August 2006 Robert H. Williams	Now Hear This: Convoys Gain Warning System Convoys in Iraq will be equipped with systems that transmit a loud, penetrating beam message to a range of 500 meters.
National Defense August 2006 Robert H. Williams	Trousers Remain Up in Confrontation Combat Suspenders takes the weight off belt-mounted equipment worn by soldiers and first responders -- thus, literally keeping their pants on in tense situations.
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