Defense & Aerospace

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National Defense December 2013 Stew Magnuson	Disaster Response Agencies Fight to Maintain Preparedness as Sequestration Continues The triad of budget cuts, continuing resolutions and the government shutdown may be leaving the federal bureaucracy less prepared to respond to catastrophic man-made or natural disasters, government representatives said.
National Defense December 2013 Stew Magnuson	Special Ops Explosive Material Test Kit Offered to First Responders A new trace explosives field-test kit used by special operators in Afghanistan is sharply reducing the amount of time it takes to determine the presence and type of bomb-making materials.
National Defense December 2013 Stew Magnuson	Micro-Aircraft Declared Safe to Fly in U.S. Skies One of the first hand-launched unmanned aerial vehicles fielded in Iraq is now being offered to local law enforcement and government agencies after it received approval from the Federal Aviation Administration to fly in domestic airspace.
National Defense December 2013 Maggie Heyn Richardson	New Hub For Training Cyberworkers Emerges in Northern Louisiana Louisiana Tech University is a designated Center of Academic Excellence in Information Assurance by the Department of Homeland Security and the National Security Agency and major defense contractors are located at the The National Cyber Research Park in Bossier City.
National Defense December 2013 Sandra I. Erwin	Budget Guessing Game: How Low Will It Go? As it became apparent that political dysfunction had replaced deliberate planning in Washington, John Hamre, CEO of the Center for Strategic and International Studies, called on the nation's policymakers to "define the bottom," and allow defense to resize accordingly.
National Defense December 2013	Readers Sound Off on Recent Stories Readers comment on stories concerning explosive ordnance disposal, the use of drones domestically, and the fight to retain the A-10 Warthog in Air Force inventory.
National Defense December 2013 Stew Magnuson	Simulator to Help Developers Push Robotics Technology Forward A simulator intended to give robot makers a hand during a Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency contest is expected to remain an integral part of how developers design the machines in the future.
National Defense November 2013 Lawrence P. Farrell Jr.	Nation Paying Steep Price for Rash Decisions The author examines several decisions such as the Budget Control Act of 2011 and the accompanying sequester.
National Defense November 2013 Sandra I. Erwin	Companies See Bright Spots in Bleak Market There are still companies that have the stomach to invest in defense. Some actually view these tough times as an opportunity to win new business.
National Defense November 2013 Dan Parsons	Joint Strike Fighter Total Cost Still Up in the Air The Air Force general in charge of bailing out development of the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter is in agreement with Lockheed Martin that the mistakes of the past are behind them and the first operational jets will be available on time and on budget in 2015.
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