Defense & Aerospace

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National Defense June 2007 Stew Magnuson	Future Combat Vehicles Will Fall Short of Preferred Weight Officials working on the Army modernization program admitted that they will not reach the preferred weight for the FCS family of combat vehicles.
National Defense June 2007 Sandra I. Erwin	For the First Time, Navy Will Launch Weapons From Surveillance Drones The Navy will request funds in fiscal year 2010 to begin outfitting its new surveillance drone with kinetic weapons.
National Defense June 2007 Grace Jean	Combat Veterans Catalog Equipment Shortfalls Many requested improvements in communications devices, batteries and weapons that, in many cases, are failing in the fight.
National Defense June 2007 Grace Jean	Tiny Fiber Sensors Offer Another Option for Communicating Light and thermal sensing fibers that are embedded in uniforms can both alert soldiers that they have been targeted by laser range finders and permit them to hear communications via infrared light.
National Defense June 2007 Grace Jean	Pacific Command Seeks Technologies for Expanding Missions The chief of U.S. Pacific Command asked for help in intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance; undersea warfare; communications; and personal protection.
National Defense June 2007 Grace Jean	Liquid Hydrogen-Powered Drones Within Reach One of the newest systems in development can fly at 55,000 to 65,000 feet for as long as a week and provide 2,500-mile radius coverage.
National Defense June 2007 Sandra I. Erwin	Air Force Estimates $79 Billion Budget Deficit A confluence of higher-than-forecast fuel costs, health care and aircraft maintenance is eroding the Air Force' buying power.
National Defense June 2007 Breanne Wagner	Production is Meeting War Requirements, But Modernization Still Lacking A shortage of small caliber ammunition during the first years of the Iraq war prompted the Army to quickly ramp up production through a number of public/private partnerships.
National Defense June 2007 Breanne Wagner	Soldiers Need More Non-Lethal Weapons, Better Knock Down Power Non-lethal weapons are needed for crowd control and mob situations.
National Defense June 2007 Holmes & Seraphin	Munitions Industrial Base: Trouble on the Horizon The concerns are not merely theoretical or speculative. They are based on historical facts.
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