Vivienne Machi
Associate Editor
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Vivienne Machi is an Associate Editor for National Defense Magazine.
Recent Articles
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Air Power
Air Force Wants to Shorten Next-Gen Fighter's Development Timeline
September 19, 2017The Air Force’s Air Combat Command is fighting to maintain air superiority while operating in a constrained fiscal environment by exploring new procurement processes for its next-generation fighter jet and lower-cost training options, its commander said Sept. 18.
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Budget
Lawmakers, Pentagon Officials Warn of 'Corrosive' Effects of Continuing Resolution
September 07, 2017The consequences of unstable budget processes have created challenges across the U.S military that can no longer go unnoticed.
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Global Defense Market
Sensofusion to Provide EU with Counter-Drone Security
September 06, 2017The European Union recently selected Sensofusion to help develop security measures to respond to the global growth of drone technology, said one company official.
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Air Power
Light Attack For Lower Cost: Off-the-Shelf Aircraft Demos Could Shake Up Acquisition Process
September 01, 2017A $6 million Air Force experiment to demonstrate the capabilities of off-the-shelf platforms may lead to a low-cost solution for a light attack and close-air support aircraft.
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Robotics and Autonomous Systems
Armed Robots Fight Alongside Soldiers at National Guard Exercise
August 31, 2017U.S. and coalition service members for the first time practiced squad tactical maneuvers and live-fire missions with robotic lethality platforms in their midst.
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Special Operations
SEAL Team Testing New Headset to Boost Skills
August 23, 2017Elite units in the Army and the Navy are using a headset that stimulates the parts of the brain responsible for developing motor skills in an effort to improve strength training, speed and target acquisition
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Battlefield Communications
Raytheon Wins Foreign Language Contract
August 17, 2017Raytheon BBN Technologies has been awarded a one-year $4 million contract to supply automatic speech recognition, machine translation and text-to-speech conversions to the Army, the company recently announced.
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Robotics and Autonomous Systems
Air Force, SOFWERX Planning Drone Battle Experiment
August 10, 2017HOLLOMAN AIR FORCE BASE, NEW MEXICO — Come November, the Air Force and SOFWERX will pit unmanned aerial vehicles against each other in a rumble-style experiment to gather data on drone operations, the service’s secretary said Aug. 9.
