Defense & Aerospace

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National Defense April 2005 Sandra I. Erwin	Technologies Rushed to War: And Then What? Hasty deployment of specialized military equipment to forces under fire in Iraq and Afghanistan have saved the day more than once for Army troops. But much work remains to be done in offering spare parts, manuals and other important follow-on services.
National Defense April 2005 Joe Pappalardo	Unmanned Aircraft `Roadmap' Reflects Changing Priorities More attention needs to be paid to the technology supporting the Defense Department's unmanned aircraft systems.
National Defense April 2005 Harold Kennedy	V-22 Aims Toward Full-Rate Production The troubled V-22 tiltrotor Osprey aircraft continues to encounter problems even as it lurches toward full-rate production, possibly as early as November of this year.
National Defense April 2005 Lawrence P. Farrell Jr.	Consistency, Consensus Needed on Industry Profits Although there is a widespread perception that defense contracts yield healthy profits, in reality, the way government officials view profits can be drastically different from the way industry measures that profit.
National Defense April 2005 Joe Pappalardo	Army Installs Windshield Coatings On Humvees Destined for Iraq A peel-away coating used to protect Humvee windshields, earlier reported as a failure by the U.S Army's Tank and Automotive and Armaments Command, is now moving forward.
National Defense April 2005 Sandra I. Erwin	Aviation Force Gets Smaller, But New Aircraft Spending on Course The intent is to replace aging Navy and Marine Corps aircraft with fewer, but more technologically advanced systems.
National Defense April 2005 Joe Pappalardo	Marines Refine Tactics for Unmanned Aircraft Lessons from the battlefield are driving the second generation of these machines, including integrating them with ground assets, teaming them in pairs and improving their sensor capabilities.
National Defense April 2005 Roxana Tiron	Personnel Locator System Helps Rescue Downed Pilots Cubic Defense's V12 has been used in the U.S as well as by NATO forces.
National Defense April 2005	Autonomous Craft Explores the Deep A 30-foot unmanned underwater vehicle developed by Penn State's Applied Research Laboratory is performing an array of underwater tasks for the Navy.
National Defense April 2005	Chinook Off-Load System Rushed to Troops Soldiers in Iraq and Afghanistan were having a hard time unloading supplies from Chinook helicopters.
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