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The Ballistic Missile Defense System: An Integrated Approach to Global Defense
Although the end of the Cold War signaled a reduction in the likelihood of global nuclear conflict, the threat from ballistic missiles has grown steadily as...
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SpaceWire: The Standard for Aerospace Communications
Developed in 1999 under the auspices of the European Space Agency, SpaceWire answered a longstanding spaceflight problem: no standard, high-speed communications protocol existed for flight...
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Update on NASA’s Unmanned Aerial Vehicle
In the August issue of Defense Tech Briefs, we highlighted NASA’s Altair/Predator B unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) for Earth science missions. A lot has happened in the past two months, so we’re...
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Energy Storage for Hybrid Military Vehicles
The benefits of hybrid electric vehicles have been recognized by the U.S. Army and other military services. As a consequence, hybrid vehicles are being considered as future combat and tactical...
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North Carolina Organization Fosters New Defense and Security Technologies
The Defense and Security Technology Accelerator (DSTA), located in Fayetteville, NC, is a new and innovative program designed to create collaborations with the military, entrepreneurs, and innovators to drive technology business development, technology commercialization, and...
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The Altair/Predator B: An Earth Science Aircraft for the 21st Century
NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center, Edwards, CA, has partnered with General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI) of San Diego, CA, to demonstrate technologies that...
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Perspective - Colonel Lewis F. Setliff III
Colonel Lewis F. Setliff III Commander/District Engineer, St. Louis District U.S. Army Corps of Engineers In August of 2005, Hurricane Katrina hit the Gulf Coast and became one of the largest natural...
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Advanced Training and Simulation Technology Helps Produce Mission-Ready Warfighters
Today's warfighters operate some of the most technologically advanced vehicles, aircraft, and weapons systems, and to do so effectively and safely, they require...
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Creating a Synthetic Virtual Instrument for Avionics Testing
The demand for fast evolution and increased flexibility of electronics systems in many different industries and applications has driven the trend for increasing software content of...
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VPX: The Rugged Bus Architecture for Embedded Military Applications
For over two decades, the VMEbus has maintained its position as the open standard bus architecture of choice for defense and aerospace applications. While VME, a parallel bus,...
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Open-Standard Multicomputers Address Next-Generation Multi-Function Radar Applications
Next-generation radar applications will drive performance demands that will have architectural implications for radar computing and electronics. Advanced...
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WIN-T: The Warfighter's Communications Backbone for Today and Tomorrow
The battlefield of the future will integrate all elements into one networked force, enabling communication among soldiers and commanders on the land, at sea, in the air, and...
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