Defense & Aerospace

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National Defense June 2004 Sandra I. Erwin	Chem-Bio Sensors For Strykers Not Yet Perfected The Army may scale back plans to equip its new Stryker combat vehicles with advanced sensors that detect chemical agents while the vehicle is moving at high speeds.
National Defense June 2004 Sandra I. Erwin	Army Debating Options for Bradley Vehicle Upgrades In the face of mounting requests for heavy armor to support troops in Iraq, the Army is expected momentarily to make a decision on whether to fund an upgrade program for the Bradley armored infantry fighting vehicle.
National Defense June 2004 Michael Peck	Expanding Communications Faced with a bandwidth crunch prompted in part by multiplying flocks of unmanned aerial vehicles that are transmitting multi-megabyte pictures, Defense Department planners are counting on a new generation of communications satellites to expand capacity
National Defense June 2004 Michael Peck	Contractor Selection Near for Navy Satellites The Navy is nearly ready to select a contractor for the mobile user objective system (MUOS), a constellation of ultra high frequency communications satellites designed to replace the current UFO (UHF Follow-On) system.
National Defense June 2004 Roxana Tiron	Pentagon Will Spend $15B to Lower Bandwidth Cost The Defense Department is seeking to lower the cost of bandwidth, at a time when the military services are under great pressure to improve their networking capabilities on the battlefield.
National Defense June 2004 Sandra I. Erwin	Demand for Military Satellites Shows No Sign of Slowing Down The use of space systems in military operations has surged during the past decade and this growth shows no signs of slowing down, according to an industry study.
National Defense June 2004 A. Duffy Baker	Military to Increase Dependence on Commercial Communications The satellite communications industry is bullish about future growth in military business.
National Defense June 2004 Peter Teets	Space Programs Reflect War-Fighting Priorities Space systems increasingly have become integrated into national intelligence and war-fighting operations.
National Defense June 2004 Brinley Salzmann	Government Policy Notes Significant modifications to the United Kingdom's export controls went into effect in June, almost a decade after a major public inquiry into the alleged sale of defense and dual-use technology by British firms to Iraq prior to the 1991 Gulf War.
BusinessWeek May 24, 2004 Stanley Holmes	A Silver Lining For Boeing Losing a controversial tanker contract could represent a serious financial blow to Boeing. But there is a silver lining. Boeing may now have the chance to further develop an alternative plane known as the Blended Wing Body -- an aircraft that looks like a flying wing.
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