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National Defense November 2014 Yasmin Tadjdeh	Small Spy Drones to Expand Troops' Eyes And Ears on Battlefield Despite sliding defense budgets, the collection of this critical intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance data will continue to be a priority for the armed services, experts told National Defense.
National Defense November 2014 Stew Magnuson	Businesses, Government Not Taking Mobile Device Security Seriously While the use of mobile devices for work purposes is expected to grow, a survey of government and private industry personnel indicated that many organizations simply aren't taking security precautions.
Chemistry World October 8, 2014 Rebecca Trager	US tax changes ripple into merger deals The tightened tax rules are pressuring pharmaceutical and medical devices companies to reconsider deals announced recently, according to financial analysts.
National Defense November 2014 Stew Magnuson	New Approach to Biological Threat Detection Promises Savings for Defense, Homeland Security The nonprofit lab Battelle recently introduced an all-inclusive chemical-biological-explosive detector the size of a microwave oven that can detect airborne pathogens in minutes with recurring costs of about $1 per day.
National Defense November 2014 Stew Magnuson	13 Years Later, Still a Ways to Go on Sharing Terrorist Threats With Public The government needs to have a clear communication strategy to combat misinformation and speculation.
National Defense November 2014 Valerie Insinna	New Light Jet Could Save Air Force Money Leasing the Eclipse 550 would cost about one-quarter of the legacy trainer's cost per flying hour, said Mike Press, of Eclipse Aerospace. That price includes fuel and maintenance.
National Defense November 2014 Valerie Insinna	Updated F-35 Logistics System Coming Soon Over the next couple of months, the F-35's maintenance and logistics system will undergo a facelift with new hardware and software aimed at reducing the time needed to process data.
National Defense November 2014 Valerie Insinna	Navy Receives First New Patrol Boat The Navy is moving forward to refresh its patrol boat fleet, which hasn't been updated since the 1980s. Safe Boats International in August delivered the first of 10 new MK VI boats to the service.
National Defense November 2014 Edward Lundquist	Defense Program Taps Into Small Business Innovation A Defense Department program called the Rapid Innovation Fund allows the military to collaborate with small businesses to provide innovative technologies that can be rapidly inserted into acquisition programs.
National Defense November 2014 Krivitsky & Gessner	Navy Center Works to Keep Energetics Industrial Base Moving Energetics are energy-releasing chemical materials, like explosives, propellants and pyrotechnics. They are central to weapons, determining range, time-to-target and various intended effects.
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