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National Defense June 2008 Sandra I. Erwin	More Eyes in The Sky May Not Generate Better Intelligence Military services are moving to accelerate the production and deployment of surveillance aircraft. But more eyes in the sky may not necessarily translate into better information on the ground.
National Defense June 2008 Sandra I. Erwin	Aviation Wish-Lists Send Mixed Signals The Navy and Air Force want more planes from Boeing and Lockheed Martin, but doing so would decrease funds from the Joint Strike Fighter program.
National Defense June 2008 Alan L. Gropman	Waning Education Standards Threaten U.S. Competitiveness High-quality education is critical to national security, and the United States must address a number of challenges in its educational system if it wants to maintain a competitive edge in the global economy and in key technologies.
National Defense June 2008 Stew Magnuson	First Responders Slow to Take Up Robot Technology First responders investigating potential incendiary devices are utilizing the latest robotic devices, but other parts of the emergency services community have been slow to take up the technology.
National Defense June 2008 Stew Magnuson	Public Still in the Dark When it Comes to Dirty Bomb Threat The federal government has come up short in public information campaigns to educate the public on what to do in the event of a radiation attack
National Defense June 2008 Stew Magnuson	Nation Has Few WMD Response Teams in Place If a weapon of mass destruction is ever employed in the United States, the chemical biological incident response force (CBIRF) team will be one of the nation's few resources it can call upon.
National Defense June 2008 Stew Magnuson	Marine, Navy Response Force Does More With Less The Chemical Biological Incident Response Force has received several important technology upgrades during the past year that will make their mission of saving lives in the event of a terrorist attack easier.
National Defense June 2008 Breanne Wagner	Air Force Weighs Options to Meet Skyrocketing Bandwidth Demand The ever-increasing bandwidth demands on military networks have created new pressures on the Air Force and the space industry to address these needs.
National Defense June 2008 Sandra I. Erwin	Mobile Broadband for Roaming Troops: Pipe Dream or Reality? Soldiers on the front line have little or no access to the Internet and their communication is limited to line-of-sight radios. The Defense Department is working on improving this, but will they succeed?
National Defense June 2008 D'Agostino & Parker	Self-Disclosure Rules Create Ambiguities It is unclear if a recently proposed disclosure regulation will become final, but the attention it has received from Congress suggests increased mandatory disclosure is likely to occur in some form.
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