Defense & Aerospace

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National Defense October 2007 Grace Jean	Robot Controllers Free Operators to Handle Weapons Several companies have developed technologies that untether troops from immobile controllers and give them the ability to hold their weapons and multitask while commanding their robots.
National Defense October 2007 Stew Magnuson	Technologists Take Aim at Enemy Snipers While countering snipers has not received the funding and attention of the IED threat, several programs are in various stages of development that researchers hope will make U.S. sniper teams more deadly.
National Defense October 2007 Stew Magnuson	Researchers Push for Advances in Night Vision Technology Night vision technology once gave the nation's armed forces an edge on the battlefield, but the devices have proliferated around the world.
National Defense October 2007 Sandra I. Erwin	Army to Extend `Rapid Fielding' Effort for War-Bound Units, Domestic Needs The Army continues the ramp-up of equipment deliveries in order to meet the requests from units rotating into Iraq, and to appease critics in Congress.
National Defense October 2007 Sandra I. Erwin	Why Is Congress Launching Yet Another Roles-and-Missions Probe? Congress may have the power of the purse, but it has been largely powerless in just about every attempt to influence the course of the war in Iraq and to substantially reshape military spending priorities.
National Defense October 2007 Michael G. Frodl	USAF Synthetic Fuel Program Could Help Solve Unwanted Carbon Problem The Air Force is seeking to acquire 50% of its fuel needs from domestic sources by 2016, and half of that is expected to come from synthetic fuel, mainly made from coal.
National Defense October 2007 Corrigan & Stafford	Complying With the Berry Amendment Of all domestic preference laws and regulations, the Berry Amendment may concern defense contractors most.
The Motley Fool September 13, 2007 Rich Smith	United Tech's 2-Billion-Buck Buyback The defense contractor has increased the amount it plans to spend on share repurchases. But can it afford it?
The Motley Fool September 11, 2007 Rich Smith	Smith & Wesson Aims Higher With continued strong sales growth and higher-than-expected margins, the arms maker upped guidance for the rest of the year. Investors take note.
The Motley Fool September 7, 2007 Rich Smith	Lockheed's Laser Clicks Lockheed explains that firing a laser from an airborne Boeing 747 is no easy task. If Congress has its way, neither, apparently, will be sustaining the funding necessary to continue testing of the defense system.
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