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National Defense
July 2011
Eric Beidel
Government, Industry Play Ping-Pong With Green Investment Strategy A Defense Department official compared the process of finding federal funding for green energy projects to a night out on Bourbon Street. mark for My Articles similar articles
National Defense
September 2011
Sandra I. Erwin
Defense Energy: Small, Incremental Steps Do Better Than Sweeping Reforms The Air Force saved $700 million in its five-year fuel budget just by redirecting flights through shorter routes and choreographing more efficient itineraries for cargo deliveries. mark for My Articles similar articles
National Defense
April 2010
Sandra I. Erwin
How Much Does the Pentagon Pay for a Gallon of Gas? Two Defense Science Board studies have criticized the Pentagon for not having reliable methods of measuring what is known as the "fully burdened" cost of fuel (FBCF). mark for My Articles similar articles
National Defense
November 2006
Lawrence P. Farrell Jr.
Defense Leading the Way in Energy Savings Our enormous national appetite for energy at last has emerged as a national security issue. The Pentagon, fortunately, is now assuming a leadership role in areas spanning energy-saving technologies and alternative fuels. mark for My Articles similar articles
National Defense
May 2011
Sandra I. Erwin
Army's Energy Battle Plan: Attack Fuel Demand The well-documented vulnerability of military supply convoys and greater awareness of the problem, however, have not yet diminished U.S. forces' enormous appetite for fuel. mark for My Articles similar articles
National Defense
August 2012
Sandra I. Erwin
Defense Energy: Market Holds Promise, and Plenty of Caveats The big daddy of military renewable energy projects is the Obama administration's directive for the U.S. military to deploy 3 gigawatts -- enough to power 2 to 3 million homes -- of renewable energy, including solar, wind, biomass and geothermal, by 2025. mark for My Articles similar articles
National Defense
February 2010
Sandra I. Erwin
Tough to Free Troops From Oppressive Tyranny of Fuel The current wars have exposed a previously ignored military vulnerability: the huge dependence on fossil fuels. mark for My Articles similar articles
National Defense
August 2012
Stew Magnuson
Defense Department Needs Investors to Buy Into its Renewable Energy Goals Most bases rely on local utilities to supply them with the vital energy they need to function. The Defense Department wants to turn the clock back, but not with fossil fuels. It is looking to alternate sources of energy -- solar, wind and waste -- to help it meet some lofty goals. mark for My Articles similar articles
National Defense
May 2009
Sandra I. Erwin
Prolonged Wars Tax Military Capacity to Deploy Electricity The war in Afghanistan is testing the limits of "deployable energy." mark for My Articles similar articles
National Defense
April 2007
Breanne Wagner
Alternative Power Sources Sought for Remote Bases Mobile generators that produce renewable energy are about to be fielded by the Army's Rapid Equipping Force in Iraq and Afghanistan. mark for My Articles similar articles
National Defense
August 2009
Stew Magnuson
Ensuring No One Pays the 'Ultimate Price' for Fuel Becomes New Goal After three decades of using the same technology, a new family of generators, the advanced medium mobile power sources, are in the pipeline. They will be more fuel efficient and quieter and could save up to $800 million in fuel costs per year. mark for My Articles similar articles
National Defense
April 2010
Sandra I. Erwin
Marines Take Unusual Steps to Reduce Fuel Demand In Afghanistan, marines are being challenged to unusual lengths. They must set up forward-operating bases, or FOBs, in areas with zero infrastructure. mark for My Articles similar articles
National Defense
April 2012
Sandra I. Erwin
Amid Political Backlash, Pentagon Pushes Forward With Green Energy Military and civilian defense officials responsible for green initiatives increasingly are flummoxed and frustrated by the demonization of renewable energy. When did efforts to save lives and money become cheap partisan fodder? mark for My Articles similar articles
National Defense
April 2007
Sandra I. Erwin
Defense Seeking $131M For Energy-Saving Projects The Pentagon has asked Congress for $131 million to develop energy-saving technologies during the next five years to fund a mix of fuel cells, generators and engine technologies. mark for My Articles similar articles
National Defense
June 2013
Dan Parsons
Marines Hope to Preserve Advances in Renewable Energy Over the past 10 years, the Marines have made significant inroads to becoming self-sustaining in the field because saving energy and water translates directly to moving faster and killing more bad guys. mark for My Articles similar articles
National Defense
May 2009
Sandra I. Erwin
Military's Green Projects Could Benefit the Nation The Pentagon is better positioned than most other agencies to lead the way in renewable energy. mark for My Articles similar articles
National Defense
October 2011
Readers Sound Off on Recent Stories Status of the nation's two most advanced infrared-sensing satellites... Personnel costs have been a driving force behind the ballooning defense budget... The lost decade of procurement... mark for My Articles similar articles
National Defense
November 2014
Yasmin Tadjdeh
New Energy Technologies Could Provide Military With Inexhaustible Power Sources The Defense Department will need renewable energy sources that can juice up soldier equipment, sustain weapon systems and power bases, all while reducing the department's logistical tail and reliance on fossil fuels. mark for My Articles similar articles
National Defense
August 2007
Lawrence P. Farrell Jr.
Energy Security: Impact on the War on Terror There is a growing consensus that the United States has to find ways to bring along alternative and renewable sources of energy for both the military and the nation. mark for My Articles similar articles
National Defense
July 2009
Jeff Smith
Defense Department's Energy Strategy Debated The Defense Department is making progress reducing energy demand, but it has a long way to go to meet the federal government's aggressive targets, military and government officials said. mark for My Articles similar articles
National Defense
July 2010
Sandra I. Erwin
Air Force: To Save Fuel, We Must Change How We Fly The Pentagon in recent years has launched umpteen projects to promote the use of renewable energy and lower consumption of fossil fuels. mark for My Articles similar articles
National Defense
November 2012
Sandra I. Erwin
Defense Technology Sought in Non-Traditional Markets Pentagon officials often lament that the government no longer leads the innovation revolution as it did during the Cold War. But there is still considerable demand for Defense Department-funded technology, industry and government officials insist. mark for My Articles similar articles
National Defense
March 2012
Sandra I. Erwin
The Coming Decade: A Slowdown In Spending, but No 'Procurement Holiday' Even under the worst-case scenario, defense budgets in the coming decade will be larger than they were in the last year of the Bush administration. mark for My Articles similar articles
National Defense
August 2014
Andy Wakefield
How to Achieve Success With Electrical Microgrids Microgrids represent a move toward greater energy safety, security and independence for the military, and ultimately, for everyone served by the increasingly stressed power grid. mark for My Articles similar articles
IEEE Spectrum
November 2008
Robert N. Charette
What's Wrong with Weapons Acquisitions? Escalating complexity, a shortage of trained workers, and crass politicization mean that most programs to develop new military systems fail to meet expectations. mark for My Articles similar articles
The Motley Fool
August 12, 2011
Travis Hoium
Solar Power May Be Asked to Protect and Serve The U.S. Army is making a big push for renewable energy, and it's a smarter move than you may think. mark for My Articles similar articles
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. mark for My Articles similar articles
National Defense
July 2007
Lawrence P. Farrell Jr.
National Security and Energy Inextricably Linked Weather and energy have become focal points of a much needed discussion in the United States about climate change, energy dependence and, not surprisingly, national security. mark for My Articles similar articles
Parameters
Spring 2006
Nader Elhefnawy
Toward a Long-Range Energy Security Policy An overview of US and international energy policy, including the prospects for an economy based on renewable energy, the security problems likely to result from tightening oil supplies, and a possible basis for making the transition to alternatives. mark for My Articles similar articles
Fast Company
July 2009
Anya Kamenetz
Why the Microgrid Could Be the Answer to Our Energy Crisis Why small-scale, local power -- the microgrid -- could be the answer to our energy crisis. And why the big utilities are fighting it with all they've got. mark for My Articles similar articles
National Defense
August 2009
Sandra I. Erwin
Future War: How The Game is Changing "It's hard to concentrate on a grand strategy when your house is on fire," said Marine Corps Gen. James Mattis, head of U.S. Joint Forces Command. Even as they cope with the frantic demands of two major wars, military leaders say they have a clearer sense of the future than they did in the 1990s. mark for My Articles similar articles
National Defense
August 2010
Sandra I. Erwin
Five Key Questions About the Defense Budget Here are some of the key questions that policymakers should bear in mind when it comes to the defense budget. mark for My Articles similar articles
BusinessWeek
October 29, 2009
Reforming the Weapons Budget White House efforts to curtail military spending have had mixed results. Here are some examples. mark for My Articles similar articles
National Defense
September 2009
Frodl & Manoyan
National Security and Energy: Setting the Right Priorities The Center for Naval Analyses report, "Powering America's Defenses: Energy and the Risks to National Security," makes a case that national security interests are consistent with concerns about climate change. mark for My Articles similar articles
IEEE Spectrum
October 2008
Sandra Upson
A Less Well-Oiled War Machine The high cost of petroleum is forcing the U.S. military to turn to solar, geothermal, and wind energy. mark for My Articles similar articles
National Defense
June 2007
Sandra I. Erwin
More Services, Less Hardware Define Current Military Buildup In the midst of the largest military expansion since the Reagan administration, industry analysts warn that the gravy days cannot last much longer. mark for My Articles similar articles
BusinessWeek
May 15, 2006
Eamon Javers
Stealth Spending At The Pentagon How the Air Force is keeping the costs of expensive new fighter jets under the radar. mark for My Articles similar articles
National Defense
January 2008
Sandra I. Erwin
Bigger Budgets Disguise Larger Fiscal Dilemmas Nowhere is the financial outlook for the Defense Department more uncertain than in the procurement budget. mark for My Articles similar articles
National Defense
February 2012
Stew Magnuson
Tough War Lessons Force Military Vehicle Programs To Consider Fuel Efficiency Moving fuel to and around battle zones that have no "front lines" has an extraordinarily high price in terms of money and lives. mark for My Articles similar articles
National Defense
February 2009
Sohbet Karbuz
Defense Department Should Rethink Energy-Saving Tactics It is a pity that most of the Defense Department's efforts are concentrated on electricity, which accounts for less than 12 percent of military energy consumption, and not on oil, which comprises 78 percent. mark for My Articles similar articles
National Defense
May 2015
Sandra I. Erwin
Procurement Issues That Congress Won't Fix The new foreign policy mantra in Washington is that the world is on fire. The nation's weapons procurement machine, meanwhile, keeps partying like it's 1999. mark for My Articles similar articles
Wired
March 23, 2009
Brendan I. Koerner
Power to the People: 7 Ways to Fix the Grid, Now The grid took more than a century to grow into the unwieldy beast it is now. Given the urgency of climate change, energy independence, and economic demands, we have only a fraction of that time to fix it. mark for My Articles similar articles
National Defense
June 2012
Tom Price
Solar Energy at Military Bases, Once Too Expensive, Is Now Within Easy Reach The Defense Department's energy mandates are as clear as they are difficult to reach: Procure at least 25 percent of facility energy from renewable resources by 2025. mark for My Articles similar articles
National Defense
June 2012
Lawrence P. Farrell Jr.
New American Oil Boom: Will it Slow DoD's Renewable Energy Momentum? The Defense Department has been focused over two administrations on energy efficiency at the national and defense levels. mark for My Articles similar articles
National Defense
August 2008
Lawrence P. Farrell Jr.
Global Warming, Security and Energy: A Relevant Intersection Global warming and its relation to our security is discussed mark for My Articles similar articles
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. mark for My Articles similar articles
National Defense
August 2015
Jon Harper
Market for Ground Robots Poised for a Turnaround The market for ground robots is set to expand as technology advancements give the machines greater utility on the battlefield and elsewhere, according to defense officials and industry experts. mark for My Articles similar articles
National Defense
September 2006
Sandra I. Erwin
Energy Conservation Plans Overlook Military Realities Are skyrocketing oil prices just a temporary drain on the U.S. economy or a lasting national security threat? mark for My Articles similar articles
National Defense
December 2015
Sandra I. Erwin
Mighty Pentagon Can't Deny Market Forces Market forces are such that the Defense Department could be headed toward a future of greater dependence on fewer and increasingly more powerful monopolies. mark for My Articles similar articles
National Defense
May 2009
Matthew Rusling
Green Construction Standards Adopted at Army Posts Army engineers are evaluating hundreds of construction projects to ensure that they meet "green" building standards. mark for My Articles similar articles