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National Defense July 2005 Joe Pappalardo |
Pentagon Taking Steps to Avert Ammunition Crisis According to the ammunition systems project manager, the Army is upgrading its manufacturing facilities and reaching out to more contractors to replenish its diminished supply of small-caliber ammunition.  |
National Defense June 2007 Breanne Wagner |
Production is Meeting War Requirements, But Modernization Still Lacking A shortage of small caliber ammunition during the first years of the Iraq war prompted the Army to quickly ramp up production through a number of public/private partnerships.  |
National Defense September 2004 Roxana Tiron |
U.S. Army Considers Changing Acquisition Strategy for Small-Caliber Ammunition Facing soaring demand for small-caliber ammunition, the U.S. Army is turning to industry to dramatically increase the production of rifle and machine gun rounds.  |
IndustryWeek March 1, 2008 Jonathan Katz |
Power Shift: How to Produce More for Less Surging energy prices have process manufacturers searching for alternatives and scrambling for cost savings.  |
Chemistry World May 18, 2011 Simon Hadlington |
Rocket fuel goes green with ionic liquids Military researchers in the US have developed a novel 'green' rocket fuel whose constituents are less corrosive and toxic than those used in conventional propellant systems.  |
Popular Mechanics November 2006 Wise & Hutchinson |
The Truth About Hydrogen Can the simplest element in the universe really power our homes, fuel our cars and reduce our contribution to global warming? PM crunches the numbers on the real hydrogen economy.  |
National Defense August 2009 Stew Magnuson |
Recovery Act to Inject More Funds Into Military Fuel Cell Research The Obama administration announced plans to spend $20 million of Recovery Act funding on military fuel cell technology. The Defense Department's director of defense research and engineering office will be spearheading these efforts.  |
Wired April 2003 Schwartz & Randall |
How Hydrogen Can Save America The cost of oil dependence has never been so clear. Consumers are ready for an alternative. From Detroit to Dallas, even the oil establishment is primed for change. We put a man on the moon in a decade; we can achieve energy independence just as fast. Here's how.  |
National Defense September 2006 Stew Magnuson |
Army Explores Alternative Ways to Add Power on Battlefields Several military laboratories are looking into fuel cell technology to give soldiers the extra juice they need to operate equipment loaded onto humvees and other vehicles.  |
IndustryWeek January 1, 2006 Traci Purdum |
Port of New Orleans: Returning To Shipshape The Port of New Orleans expects full recovery from hurricane damage.  |
National Real Estate Investor November 1, 2005 Jennifer Popovec |
When the Chips Are Down Many commercial real estate professionals are working to help the Gulf Coast recover from Hurricanes Katrina and Rita. Here are a few of their stories: Building and Owners Management Association (BOMA)... Jerry Wallace Interests... etc.  |
IEEE Spectrum August 2006 Willie Jones |
Hydrogen on Track While much attention has been focused on fuel-cell-powered passenger cars, a little-noticed but promising development has been taking place in rail transportation and heavy industry, where experiments with hydrogen-fuel-cell propulsion are well under way.  |
National Defense November 2005 Lawrence P. Farrell |
Preparation Is Key to Disaster Response Amidst the outrage and finger-pointing that followed Katrina, several lawmakers and homeland security experts called for the federal government to make the Defense Department the lead agency for disaster response.  |
The Motley Fool September 7, 2005 Stephen D. Simpson |
In the Wake of Katrina: Energy The disruptions to the Gulf's energy infrastructure will have far-reaching effects for who knows how long? With demand unlikely to drop off in any meaningful way, there are still ample opportunities in the global energy sector for sharp-eyed investors.  |
Car and Driver September 2006 Siler & Vanderwerp |
2007 BMW Hydrogen 7 Hydrogen-powered 7-series will be leased to U.S. government agencies in 2007.  |
National Defense March 2010 Holmes & Palachak |
Munitions Industry Prepares for Downturn If munitions industrial capabilities disappear following ammunition budget cuts, any rescue efforts will be expensive and create significant turbulence in the sector.  |
National Defense September 2006 Grace Jean |
Fuel Cell Technology Positioned as Viable Alternative to Generators Developers of fuel cell technologies are confident that they can answer the call for "more power on the battlefield."  |
Food Engineering January 1, 2006 Richard F. Stier |
Building Your Plant's Ark The unprecedented pace of the 2005 hurricane season has left many of us wondering where and when the next powerful storm will hit. There are, however, several steps you can put in place now to protect your food processing business.  |
Foundation News & Commentary Nov/Dec 2005 Emmett D. Carson |
Beyond Relief and Recovery Philanthropy's biggest challenge in the wake of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita is to move past just doing the familiar.  |
Popular Mechanics March 2006 |
Now What? The lessons of Katrina  |
BusinessWeek January 24, 2005 Otis Port |
Hydrogen Cars Are Almost Here, But... There are still serious problems to solve, such as: Where will drivers fuel up?  |
Geotimes August 2005 Naomi Lubick |
Hurricane Katrina Hits Hard One of the largest hurricanes to make landfall in the U.S. Gulf Coast region since Hurricane Camille in 1969, Hurricane Katrina left a trail of devastation behind it as it touched down in Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama.  |
IEEE Spectrum January 2008 Wilson & Keliger |
Flood or Hurricane Protection?: The New Orleans Levee System and Hurricane Katrina Why was the New Orleans levee system so vulnerable to failure in Hurricane Katrina?  |
Searcher June 2006 Piper & Ramos |
A Failure to Communicate: Politics, Scams, and Information Flow During Hurricane Katrina The Katrina disaster was exacerbated by poor communications. Some help was provided by the Internet, but it was also a breeding round for Katrina-related scams.  |
National Defense January 2006 Stew Magnuson |
Feds Pursue Better Communication Paths When it comes to interoperable communications systems (between the military and civilian agencies, etc.), there are many borders to cross. Experts say it will be years before it will be reached. But industry efforts are underway.  |
Industrial Physicist Feb/Mar 2004 Pinkerton & Wicke |
Bottling the hydrogen genie If hydrogen is to replace gasoline for road transport, a means to store useful quantities of hydrogen on-board the vehicle must be found. Storage as a liquid, as a gas, or in metal hydrides all have serious limitations.  |
National Defense June 2007 Holmes & Seraphin |
Munitions Industrial Base: Trouble on the Horizon The concerns are not merely theoretical or speculative. They are based on historical facts.  |
The Motley Fool January 26, 2006 Robert Aronen |
Air Products Looks Solid It would be nice if Air Products & Chemicals traded at a lower price, but the market rarely offers quality companies like this one at a discount. Investors searching for a solid company to add to their portfolio could do much worse than this one.  |
National Defense February 2009 Sandra I. Erwin |
Military Report's New Take on Katrina Debacle A recent report by the U.S. Joint Forces Command says that after a disaster like Katrina, the government is judged by how the media tells the story and not by the actual chain of events that occurred.  |
Popular Mechanics November 25, 2009 Joe Pappalardo |
4 Wildly High-Tech Military and NASA Research Projects The Army and NASA are developing projects that will aid in understanding lunar conditions, rocket fuel development, and creating robots for space exploration  |
Foundation News & Commentary Nov/Dec 2005 Paula J. Kelly |
Meeting the Needs When two devastating hurricanes struck the Gulf Coast in less than a month, it was clear that the response from the philanthropic community would need to be as unprecedented as the disaster.  |
National Defense February 2004 Geoff S. Fein |
Military Fuel-Cell Programs Not Yet Ready for Prime Time While the commercial industry is taking significant steps forward in the adoption of fuel cell technology, military researchers are taking a wait-and-see approach, expressing concern that fuel cells so far have not proven they can work in combat environments.  |
The Motley Fool September 7, 2005 Stephen D. Simpson |
In the Wake of Katrina: A Broader View The effects of Hurricane Katrina will ripple throughout the entire U.S. economy.  |
National Defense January 2014 Seraphin & Palaschak |
Budget Cuts, Inadequate Planning Put Munitions Industrial Base in Peril Army Chief of Staff Gen. Ray Odierno has warned about a return to the hollow Army that resulted from post-Vietnam War reductions in defense funding. He said the nation must avoid a dangerous repeat.  |
Military & Aerospace Electronics January 2006 |
NASA Airborne Laser Mapping Systems Studies Katrina Damage Through a cooperative research program NASA, the U.S. Geological Survey, and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers are exploring the use of airborne laser mapping systems to quantify coastal change along the entire coastline affected by Hurricane Katrina.  |
Entrepreneur March 2006 Jackie Larson |
After the Storm For beleaguered businesses left swamped by Hurricane Katrina, survival was a matter of fight or flight. These entrepreneurs demonstrate how some accepted the challenges and opportunities that came in with the floodwater.  |
National Real Estate Investor October 1, 2005 Margaret Leonard |
Rebuilding After Katrina Investors and operators of more than 10,000 businesses in New Orleans have lost uncounted millions. The same storm also brought opportunities worth billions in redevelopment and restoration of a city.  |
| Industrial Physicist |
Letters A sheet of graphite is distinctly different in its material and geometric structure from C60 bucky- (nano-) tubes... Hydrogen rules?... etc.  |
CIO November 1, 2005 Ben Worthen |
How Wal-Mart Beat Feds to New Orleans Companies -- Wal-Mart and Starbucks among them -- that had procedures in place for quick communications were able to be "first responders" when Hurricane Katrina struck the Gulf Coast this Fall.  |
Chemistry World March 17, 2011 Andy Extance |
Hydrazine fuels hydrogen power hopes Renowned as a rocket propellant, hydrazine could also push forward the development of hydrogen fuel cells for powering vehicles say US-based researchers.  |
National Defense August 2008 McClintock & Holbrook |
Alternative Fuels: Taking A Second Look at Ammonia The search for alternative transportation fuels has led to anhydrous ammonia, a chemical widely used as a fertilizer.  |
The Motley Fool September 14, 2005 Mann & Hanson |
Prepare for Your Insurance to Triple Money is difficult to talk about in the wake of a disaster, but insurance companies aren't evil for not wanting to pay more than their fair share. Any attempt to make them pay for damages for which they're not contracted will have disastrous consequences.  |
National Defense December 2005 Lawrence P. Farrell Jr. |
Military Not the Only Solution To Gaps in Disaster Response At a time of tightening budgets and competing priorities for defense and homeland security funds, one of the most contentious issues being debated at the Pentagon and on Capitol Hill is whether the Defense Department should take primary responsibility in disaster response and relief operations.  |
The Motley Fool June 8, 2005 Stephen D. Simpson |
A Healthier Glow for Nuclear Power? Could nuclear power once again be the answer to our energy needs?  |
Industrial Physicist Oct/Nov 2004 Jesse H. Ausubel |
Big Green Energy Machines Zero-emission power plants and Continental SuperGrids can multiply the power of the energy system 5-10 times while shrinking it in a revolutionary way.  |
Geotimes September 2005 Naomi Lubick |
Water Covers New Orleans As Hurricane Katrina dissipated on its way toward the northeastern United States on Tuesday, the threat only grew for this and other Gulf towns. Monday afternoon's seeming reprieve in New Orleans evaporated as two breached levees flooded the city.  |
Bank Systems & Technology January 31, 2006 Ivan Schneider |
Vicious Hurricane Cycle Although one can hope that the upcoming hurricane season will defy the predictions that have accompanied the start of the decades-long hurricane cycle, the banks in the Gulf Coast must do more than hope. They must plan, and plan for the worst.  |
National Defense May 2008 Lawrence P. Farrell Jr. |
Defense Industrial Base: Plans Needed to Ensure Soft Landing It is probably not too early to contemplate what sectors of the U.S. defense industrial base should brace for a hard landing after the huge war supplemental budgets begin to wane.  |
National Defense October 2006 Robert H. Williams |
Easy Access to Hydrogen Proposed A Massachusetts company believes it has perfected technology that removes a key roadblock -- the scarcity of fuel outlets -- to the widespread use of hydrogen powered automobiles.  |
Technology Research News May 21, 2003 Eric Smalley |
Hydrogen storage eased The discovery of metal-organic frameworks promises to remove the principal stumbling block to hydrogen-powered cars, and the method could be ready for production use within five years.  |