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Space
SPECIAL REPORT: Would Space-Based Interceptors Spark a New Arms Race?
The United States currently faces no legal obstacles to deploying conventional space-based interceptors, also known as SBIs. The Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty banned it, but President George W. Bush withdrew from the agreement in 2002.
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Space
SPECIAL REPORT: The Legacy of the Strategic Defense Initiative
In a nationally televised address to the nation, President Ronald Reagan in 1983 kicked off efforts that would lead to serious work on space-based interceptor technologies.
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Space
SPECIAL REPORT: Pentagon Reexamining Space-Based Interceptors
Twenty-five years after the demise of President Ronald Reagan’s Strategic Defense Initiative, the Pentagon is once again taking a close look at the possibility of basing missile interceptors in space. Such a project would be technologically feasible, but would strain military budgets and potentially ignite an arms race, analysts say.
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Robotics and Autonomous Systems
Army Preparing to Field New Unmanned Ground Systems
The Army’s push to upgrade its ground robotics fleet is coming to fruition, according to the service.
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Air Force News
Air Force Tests Remote Air Traffic Control Towers
An Austria-based company’s remote virtual air traffic control tower product is beginning to attract customers in both the civilian and military aviation sectors.
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Air Force News
BREAKING: Air Force Unveils Long-Awaited S&T Strategy (UPDATED)
The Air Force’s new science-and-technology strategy, released April 17, calls for sweeping changes to the way the service pursues next-generation capabilities.
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Air Force News
JUST IN: Air Force Still Inspecting B-1 Bombers Amid Safety Concerns
The Air Force is inspecting its B-1 bombers due to safety concerns associated with its drogue chute system, the head of Air Force Global Strike Command said April 17.
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National Defense Podcasts
APRIL 2019
Space-Based Missile Defense, Marine Corps’ Robotic Tech and the Navy's New Helicopter
In this podcast, National Defense Magazine looks at the future of space-based missile defense, the Marine Corps’ new robotic technology and the Navy’s search for a new helicopter.