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National Defense November 2010 Grace V. Jean |
Air Force Research Laboratory Tightening Links to Operators Air Force Research Laboratory officials are attempting to stay more plugged in with airmen and Defense Department commanders to ensure that the projects that scientists are pursuing here ultimately yield technologies war fighters can use on tomorrow's battlefields.  |
National Defense November 2010 Sandra I. Erwin |
'Cutting-Edge' Weapons No Longer the Holy Grail Because of the war experience and the fiscal outlook, experts predict, the Defense Department will for some time remain conflicted about how it should spend its research dollars.  |
Parameters November 2004 Augustus W. Fountain Iii |
Transforming Defense Basic Research Strategy The US armed forces currently enjoy an unprecedented level of technological superiority across the full spectrum of military threats.  |
National Defense November 2010 Eric Beidel |
At Top Universities, Concern About Pentagon's Innovation Strategy Scientists at universities that conduct research paid for by the Defense Department worry about the United States confronting an innovation gap in the defense and national security arenas.  |
National Defense November 2006 Sandra I. Erwin |
While More Research is Directed to Irregular Combat, War Spending Could Deter Advances in Military Weapons Irregular insurgents have not only have forced military commanders to rethink their strategies and tactics, but they also have set off a transformation in how defense researchers and scientists think about developing new technology.  |
National Defense February 2014 Dan Parsons |
Government Scientists Fight for Funding Government scientists want to preserve the surge of cash military laboratories have used to help troops fight the wars of the last decade in hopes that ongoing experimentation will help the military prepare for conflicts to come.  |
National Defense September 2006 Lawrence P. Farrell |
In the Navy, Research Sails Forward Like the other military services, the Navy is undergoing a transformation in its war-fighting concepts, tactics and strategy. For the Navy, this means turning more attention to littoral areas and preparing to conduct a broad array of unconventional anti-terrorism operations.  |
National Defense January 2016 Sandra I. Erwin |
The Rise of the Machines? ... Not So Fast Robots working in tandem with troops are said to be the next big thing in defense technology.  |
National Defense July 2010 Sandra I. Erwin |
To Meet War Equipment Needs, Commanders Continue to Bypass Pentagon Acquisition System Commander's wish lists are supposed to influence the military services' buying decisions, but often do not. If they do make it into the services' budgets, it takes years for the system to deliver equipment.  |
National Defense June 2010 Stew Magnuson |
Efforts to Field New Kinds of Ground Robots Have Had Little Success Their predicted influx into the battlefield has stalled. That's not to say that research into myriad applications hasn't continued. But so far, the experiments have not made the transition to the current fights.  |
National Defense April 2007 Sandra I. Erwin |
Foreign Software Not Inherently Evil Improving how software is made rather than where it is made is the key to better security... Army responds to tech-savvy enemies... New technology in place, but training falls short... National Laboratories out of the loop?...  |
National Defense November 2011 Beidel et al. |
10 Technologies the U.S. Military Will Need For the Next War Examples are faster and quieter helicopters, advanced crowd-control weapons, lighter infantry equipment that doesn't overburden troops, ultra-light trucks and better battlefield communications.  |
National Defense March 2009 Grace V. Jean |
Building a Cybersecurity Lab In an effort to beef up the country's defenses in cyberspace, the Comprehensive National Cybersecurity Initiative, established last year by the Bush administration, seeks to reduce network vulnerabilities, protect against intrusions and anticipate future threats.  |
National Defense August 2006 Sandra I. Erwin |
Technologies Rushed to War Face an Uncertain Future In the scramble to deliver equipment requested by commanders in Iraq and Afghanistan, the Army often bypassed its own procurement bureaucracy.  |
National Defense September 2011 Fumiko Hedlund |
Navy to Invest $100 Million In STEM Education The Navy will increase its investment in science, technology, engineering and math education programs from $54 million to $100 million, Secretary of the Navy Raymond Mabus recently announced.  |
BusinessWeek August 27, 2009 Adrian Slywotzky |
Where Have You Gone, Bell Labs? Here's how basic research and strong leadership can repair the broken U.S. business model.  |
National Defense November 2006 Sandra I. Erwin |
Defense Dept. Fails To Capture Available Technologies In the race to secure the latest and greatest technologies from the private sector and university labs, the Pentagon often comes up short.  |
Reason November 2005 Tim Cavanaugh |
Subsidized Spin The Pentagon is spending $300,000 to send mid-career scientists, researchers, and engineers to a workshop at the television and screen writing school with the hope that some of these scientists will be inspired to produce a screenplay that paints scientists as cool.  |
National Defense June 2005 Robert H. Williams |
Military Seeks Flexible, Thin Computer Screens The Army Research Laboratory has partnered with another researcher in a $44 million deal to develop computer displays that can be incorporated as part of a soldier's uniform.  |
National Defense March 2007 Sandra I. Erwin |
Enjoy Your Money While You Can ... More than any other service, the Army has relied on Iraq-war funding to refurbish vehicles and acquire new hardware. However, if history is any guide, money only lasts as long as there are troops under fire.  |
National Defense August 2011 Eric Beidel |
New Army Lab Troubleshoots Radios Before Field Tests A recent version of the Army's Joint Tactical Radio System failed so often during tests last year that troops had to relay messages on foot.  |
National Defense July 2010 Nathaniel H. Sledge Jr. |
Prescription for Ailing Army Acquisition Army Secretary John McHugh last month ordered a comprehensive review of Army weapons acquisition practices, management and oversight.  |
InternetNews January 26, 2006 David Needle |
Microsoft Makes Big Internet Research Play Microsoft reported a major investment and research effort with the announcement of Live Labs, a partnership between its MSN online division and Microsoft Research.  |
National Defense June 2011 Sandra I. Erwin |
Smartphones-for-Soldiers Campaign Hits Wall as Army Experiences Growing Pains "A smartphone for every soldier" may be a clever slogan. But trying to turn it into reality is becoming an uphill battle for the U.S. Army.  |
National Defense January 2011 Cynthia D. Miller |
Defense Department Embraces STEM Education Outreach The Defense Deaprtment hires more scientists and engineers, and sponsors more research and development projects than any other federal employer.  |
National Defense September 2004 Sandra I. Erwin |
Technical Skills Shortage Hurts Pentagon's Bottom Line Unless current trends change, decision makers at the Defense Department may one day find that they lack a strategy for how to keep critical military programs from spinning out of control.  |
National Defense May 2013 Sandra I. Erwin |
Firms Think Twice Before Investing in DoD The Pentagon needs to get creative as it plans the weapons of the future, officials have said, and it needs private-sector help.  |
National Defense March 2006 Sandra I. Erwin |
Raise Stirs Questions on `Fair Pay' A proposed 2.2 percent pay raise for military personnel (the same raise that the Bush administration recommended for civilian workers) raised eyebrows in Washington. Giving equal salary increments to military and civilians, critics argue, implies that the Pentagon is failing to reward the dangerous work that troops are doing in Iraq.  |
HHMI Bulletin Fall 2012 Robert Tjian |
President's Letter: Stabilizing Forces Recognizing the role of research professionals in today's laboratory organizations is important not only to the individuals who contribute their services but also to the research enterprise as a whole.  |
National Defense November 2010 Grace V. Jean |
Biology, Neuroscience Aid Weapon Development at Air Force Research Lab Lab researchers here increasingly are studying and mimicking Mother Nature's products. The hope is that the research will one day lead to advances including tiny aircraft that fly and act like birds and insects and bio-inspired sensors that can out-snuff Fido's nose.  |
National Defense March 2014 Sandra I. Erwin |
In '15 Budget, Red Flags for Contractors If defense industry CEOs can draw any conclusion from the Pentagon's 2015 budget proposal it is that, except for the too-big-to-fail joint strike fighter, most of the military's modernization plan is on shaky ground.  |
National Defense November 2011 |
Readers Sound off on Recent Stories Military benefits under fire... Energy security... Military acquisitions... Smartphones in the army...  |
National Defense June 2014 Lloyd McCoy |
Defense IT Spending on Downslope With the defense budget under growing pressure, the Pentagon's chief information officer and budget leaders are looking at information technology as a way to do more with less.  |
Chemistry World June 17, 2015 Moray Stark |
Safe science: promoting a culture of safety in academic chemical research The drive for this timely book has been a number of serious, and sometimes fatal, accidents in US university chemistry labs.  |
National Defense April 2008 Sandra I. Erwin |
Changes to Military Strategy, In Time for the Next War Iraq is far from over, but the Defense Department is already rewriting military doctrine so that forces are adequately trained and ready for another Iraq-like conflict years or decades from now.  |
Popular Mechanics August 28, 2008 Joe Pappalardo |
5 Reasons the U.S. Navy's Scared (and What They're Doing About It) It's a well-known rule of thumb in military circles: protection from the things that scare the Pentagon receive R&D money.  |
National Defense June 2008 Sandra I. Erwin |
Despite SecDef Pleas, Pentagon Is Losing the Innovation War As a result of not knowing what technologies are available, the military ends up with systems that become obsolete within a few years.  |
National Defense January 2009 Sandra I. Erwin |
'Milspec' Technology Makes a Comeback A rising propensity to "militarize" the Defense Department's information networks will be making it more difficult for the Pentagon to take advantage of cutting-edge technologies from the commercial sector, say analysts and industry experts.  |
National Defense June 2011 Sandra I. Erwin |
Cries of 'Hollow Military' Stifle Rational Debate on Future Spending President Obama has called for $400 billion in Pentagon cuts over the next 12 years, and to some defense officials and lawmakers, this is just the opening salvo of a campaign to tear down the U.S. military.  |
National Defense December 2015 Stew Magnuson |
Searching High and Low for Innovation Anyone who has attended an industry conference lately knows that the Defense Department is on a hunt for "innovation." It's the topic du jour.  |
National Defense October 2005 Joe Pappalardo |
As Military Becomes More Reliant On Networks, Vulnerabilities Grow If problems are not addressed, the Pentagon could spend $200 billion during the next 10 years on a network with serious vulnerabilities, according to security experts.  |
Bank Technology News February 2010 Karen Epper Hoffman |
Banks Incubate The Innovation Fixation Most banks don't have Apple-esque credentials when it comes to innovation, but more are not only seeing the value of thinking out the box, but also understanding that creativity doesn't happen in isolation-hence the innovation lab.  |
National Defense March 2007 Lawrence P. Farrell |
Defense Budget Sets Stage for Tough Choices Ahead As Congress continues to dissect the details of the Bush administration's proposed defense budget for fiscal year 2008, it is becoming increasingly apparent that the nation's military faces a worrisome financial future.  |
National Defense December 2004 Sandra I. Erwin |
Obliged to Add Troops, Army Agonizes Over Costs Army Vice Chief of Staff Gen. Richard A. Cody asserts the issue that should have been more thoroughly debated by political leaders, but has largely been ignored, is not the draft, but rather how the nation will pay for the additional troops the Army requires to keep fighting in Iraq and Afghanistan.  |