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National Defense
August 2005
Joe Pappalardo |
Investigators Band Together Against Contracting Fraud A scandal involving the manipulation of a $20 billion contract for Air Force refueling tankers served as an impetus for an interagency effort to police government deals for abuse and conflicts of interest. More than 20 federal agencies are involved, and that list is growing.   |
National Defense
August 2005
Sandra I. Erwin |
Job Shuffle Under Way in the U.S. Navy The Navy is evaluating 25,000 jobs for possible elimination or transfer as part of a broad reorganization designed to lower costs and improve the quality of the workforce. Yet while many jobs will disappear, new ones are being created. |
National Defense
August 2005
Joe Pappalardo |
New Science, Strategy Needed to Protect Bases The military is launching a new effort, including equipment purchases, scientific studies and research initiatives, to guard military bases, supply hubs and civilian installations against biological, chemical, radiological or nuclear strikes. |
National Defense
August 2005
Joe Pappalardo |
Official: Urgent Procurements May Mislead Are the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan teaching military and defense contractors equipping lessons that may not be applicable in the future? Questions like this may become policy-level debates. |
National Defense
August 2005
Joe Pappalardo |
Pentagon Spurs its Biological And Chemical Defense Programs The Pentagon is trying to buttress the military's defensive posture against biological and chemical weapons by focusing on the development of advanced vaccines and improved therapeutics. A surge in money is fueling this effort. |
National Defense
August 2005
Lawrence P. Farrell Jr. |
Strategy and Budget Driven by Global War on Terror The final report is not scheduled to be completed and sent to Congress until February, but looking at what is happening in the world today, there are clear indicators of where the Pentagon's Quadrennial Defense Review is headed -- to a change to the current military posture. |
National Defense
August 2005
Sandra I. Erwin |
Looming Budget Cutbacks Underpin Defense Strategy How long the fighting in Iraq will last is anyone's guess. It seems quite certain, however, that mounting war costs will be wreaking financial havoc on many of the military's prized weapon systems. Are decision makers at the Pentagon guilty of shortsightedness? |
National Defense
August 2005
Robert H. Williams |
Also Providing Ballistic Protection.... Ballistic Research Inc. of Rome, Ga., has a composite polymer with a high strength-to-weight ratio that becomes stronger as rounds are fired into it. The compound may be molded for a variety of missions. |
National Defense
August 2005
Robert H. Williams |
First Responders May Get a Boot From This "Bubble technology" makes lightweight boot impervious to magnetometers at airports and other sensitive locations. |
National Defense
August 2005
Robert H. Williams |
Laminate Offers Thug, Terrorist Shield New ricochet-resistant fiberglass laminate offers ballistic protection, can protect vehicles, aircraft, buildings and bank teller stations. |
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