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National Defense February 2015 Yasmin Tadjdeh	Sequestration Threatens Joint Light Tactical Vehicle Acquisition With round two of sequestration looming over the Pentagon, major weapon programs could be on the chopping block.
National Defense February 2015 Yasmin Tadjdeh	Training and Simulation Industry Optimistic About Future Opportunities Smaller defense budgets are forcing the military to conduct fewer costly live exercises and instead put troops in the cockpits and drivers' seats of more affordable simulators.
National Defense February 2015 Sandra Erwin	Veterans Seek Higher Profile in Washington Many veterans believe their voices have yet to be heard in Washington on a number of issues they care about.
National Defense February 2015 Stew Magnuson	Marine Corps Set to Deploy Next-Generation Unmanned Aircraft The Marine Corps and Navy will launch their newest unmanned aerial system, the RQ-21A Blackjack, from a ship this spring for the first time, and are looking into developing pocket-sized reconnaissance drones.
Chemistry World January 13, 2015 Rebecca Trager	US science funder updates policy on same sex partners Social change has led the US National Institutes of Health to update its policies.
National Defense January 2015 Valerie Insinna	Important Tests Loom for Navy and Marine Corps F-35 The Navy and Marine Corps variants of the joint strike fighter have an eventful year ahead, and program officials are saddled with a long list of work to do before major milestones in the summer.
National Defense February 2015 Valerie Insinna	General Atomics Tests Sense-and-Avoid System General Atomics and NASA in November began flight testing a proof-of-concept sense-and-avoid system integrated onto an MQ-9 Reaper unmanned aircraft.
National Defense February 2015 Valerie Insinna	New Software Uses Artificial Intelligence To Sift Through Data As the military and U.S. intelligence agencies struggle to digest mountains of information captured from social media and sensors all over the world, companies continue to create software that can more quickly and accurately help analysts isolate relevant data.
National Defense February 2015 Sarah Sicard	Experts: Thwarting Insider Threats Takes A Holistic Approach Insider threats, whether they are foreign spies, disgruntled employees or embezzlers, can't be stopped with software alone, experts at a cyber security summit recently warned.
National Defense February 2015 Stew Magnuson	DARPA Contest Seeking Humanoid Rescue Robot The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency's latest robotic challenge calls for a human-shaped robot to carry out a series of search-and-rescue tasks.
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