October 2005 - TABLE OF CONTENTS

Featured Articles

• Air Force Research Targets Insurgents’ Bombs
• Amid Bursting Bombs, Services Seek Better Body Armor
• Army to Deploy Web-Based Intelligence Network
• Army to Expand Array of Armored Vehicles in Iraq
• Army Transformation Modeled After Stryker Units
• As Military Becomes More Reliant On Networks, Vulnerabilities Grow
• Far From Sea, Navy Specialists Defuse Roadside Bombs
• Harvesting Solar Energy From Nano-Thin Films
• Helicopter Fleet Features Mix Of New, Refurbished Aircraft
• Marines Probing New Ways to Fight Future Insurgencies
• Marines Seek ‘Combat Tactical Vehicle’ to Replace Humvees
• Moving Nanotechnology Research Into Market Remains a Challenge
• Northwestern Cities Peg Prosperity to Army Programs
• Protecting Global Information Grid Requires New Strategy
• Stryker Units Win Over Skeptics
• Surveillance Needs Fuel Demand for Unmanned Vehicles
• What Can Be Done to Increase Info Security?

President's Perspective

• Defense Acquisition Reform: A Case of Déjà Vu

Security Beat

• Chemical Plant Protection Legislation on the Way
• DHS, State Department Wage Visa War
• Document Requirements Waived for Hurricane Victims
• U.S. Court Blocks Enforcement of Personnel Rules
• Security Research to Focus on Stand-Off Detection

Defense Watch

• Futuristic Family of Army Vehicles Losing Momentum

Side Bar

• Air Force Logistics Hub Reorganizes to Improve Support to Combat Units
• Nanoscience Promises Better Battlefield Rations
• Nanotechnology Enabling Advances For War Fighters
• No Crews Required: Unmanned Vessels Hit the Waves
• Soldiers Test ‘Land Warrior’ Technology
• Stryker Brigades Train for Upcoming Deployment

Tech Talk

• Intercom Offers Relief in High Decibel Vehicles
• NIOSH-Validated Gas Mask Emerges
• Quick-Release Vest Goes Over Body Armor
• Sensor Measures Multiple Cloud Layers
• Tire Protection System to be Targeted at Nation’s Firefighters
• New Up-Armored Package Offered For Humvees

Washington Pulse

• ‘Clean Audit’ Not Any Time Soon at the Pentagon
• Incoming Navy Chief Rewriting Catchwords
• Business Advice Mandatory Reading on Navy Staff
• Military UAVs May Not Suit Homeland Security

Ethics Corner

• Defense Industry Teams Must Consider Conflict-of-Interest Concerns

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