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Sports Central
April 15, 2008
Diane M. Grassi |
Loss of Jamiel Shaw's Life Transcends Sports Jamiel Shaw, Jr., who was slain last month, was not only celebrated for being able to run with a football or beat county records on his track team, but as one who also represented ideals for which every family strives.   |
National Defense
May 2008
Sandra I. Erwin |
Weapons Budget: The More You Spend, The Less You Buy A hyperinflation tsunami now threatens to sink the Defense Department's purchasing power so dramatically that a weapons budget that currently funds 95 programs will pay for just a handful of big-ticket programs |
National Defense
May 2008
Grace V. Jean |
Water, Climate Change: Recipe for Trouble? We still lack a comprehensive understanding of how the world's water possibly could be affected by the phenomenon of climate change. |
National Defense
May 2008
Grace Jean |
New Ships are Breaking The Bank So the Navy is Fixing its Old Ones The ballooning costs of new ships are forcing the Navy to extend the service life of dozens of surface combatants that typically would have been decommissioned. |
National Defense
May 2008
Stew Magnuson |
Fire Away: Army in a Rush to Produce New Cannon The Future Combat Systems program plans to unveil the first functioning non-line-of-sight cannon. |
National Defense
May 2008
Alan L. Gropman |
Uncertainty About Budgets, Workforce Shape Future of U.S. Weapons Industry Uncertainty about future conflicts and the capabilities of potential enemies raise complex questions about what weaponry the U.S. military will need to counter a wide spectrum of threats. |
National Defense
May 2008
Stew Magnuson |
Armed Robots Sidelined in Iraqi Fight The first three armed ground robots deployed onto a battlefield are stuck behind sandbags and are not patrolling Iraqi streets as its inventors envisioned. |
National Defense
May 2008
Stew Magnuson |
Navy to Field a Family of Next-Generation Bomb Disposal Robots The Navy will field a family of bomb disposal robots to replace the ad hoc commercial systems being used in Iraq and Afghanistan today. |
National Defense
May 2008
Stew Magnuson |
To Succeed, Soldiers `Need to See the Environment' Troops fighting in Iraq's cities often complain that they cannot see the enemy and need sensors that can penetrate walls, identify foes in pitch dark and locate buried explosives. |
National Defense
May 2008
Stew Magnuson |
Army Starts Over With Aerial Common Sensor The Army is making a second attempt at a failed joint program to create a manned aerial platform designed to provide persistent surveillance over battlefields. |
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