Defense & Aerospace

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National Defense October 2004 Sandra I. Erwin	Cannons, Rockets and Missiles: A Growth Industry in the Army The Army is expected to increase investments in cannon artillery, missiles and rockets, in an effort to extend the range and improve the accuracy of these weapons.
National Defense October 2004 Joe Pappalardo	Army Researchers Working to Lower Weight of Emerging Infantry Weapons Although composite materials often carry enormous potential for weight reduction, Army scientists are finding that redesign and the combined use of various metal alloys are equally important keys to reliable and easily portable weapons.
National Defense October 2004 Robert H. Williams	Air Force to Deploy Lightweight Communications Suite The U.S. Air Force has put together a modular communications system that, when deployed, will replace an entire shelter of equipment.
National Defense October 2004 Robert H. Williams	Ammunition Inspection Becomes High-Tech A novel cartridge inspection system that examines the primary components of a bullet--casing, primer, projectile and gunpowder--also can evaluate and discard faulty ammo at rates exceeding 25,200 an hour.
National Defense October 2004 Robert H. Williams	Technology Helps Prevent Mid-Air Mishaps Mid-air helicopter crashes may become a thing of the past. The Lahav division of Israel Aircraft Industries has developed a system that predicts collisions during tactical missions and formation flights.
National Defense October 2004 Robert H. Williams	Soldiers Will Receive Enhanced Chem-Bio Shelters The U.S. Army is receiving new self-powered chemical biological protective shelters, which will no longer be reliant on Humvee trucks for energy.
National Defense October 2004 Robert H. Williams	Eye in Sky Has Microwave Receiver On the Ground An improved, digital microwave video receiver has been developed for troops and law enforcement personnel.
National Defense October 2004 Lawrence P. Farrell, Jr.	Pentagon Feeling the Pressure on Budget There is good and bad news in the defense spending legislation that President Bush signed in August.
National Defense October 2004 Sandra I. Erwin	Candidates Imprecise On Pentagon Spending Neither President George W. Bush nor his opponent, Sen. John F. Kerry, has dwelt to any great degree on the nuts and bolts of military spending.
National Defense October 2004 Joe Pappalardo	U.S. Moves to Rearm Iraq The U.S. government--following an extended delay--is aggressively moving to train and equip Iraqi security forces to provide for the internal and external defense of that war torn nation.
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