Featured Articles

UPFRONT

• Future Combat Vehicles Will Fall Short of Preferred Weight
• For the First Time, Navy Will Launch Weapons From Surveillance Drones

BATTLE GEAR

• Combat Veterans Catalog Equipment Shortfalls
• Tiny Fiber Sensors Offer Another Option for Communicating
• Pacific Command Seeks Technologies for Expanding Missions
• Liquid Hydrogen-Powered Drones Within Reach

UNMANNED AIRCRAFT

• A Never-Ending Feud Over Roles and Missions
• Air Force Estimates $79 Billion Budget Deficit

MUNITIONS

• Production is Meeting War Requirements, But Modernization Still Lacking
• Soldiers Need More Non-lethal Weapons, Better Knock Down Power
• Munitions Industrial Base: Trouble on the Horizon
• Skeptics Watch Cannon Progress Closely

GERM WARFARE

• Agencies Scramble to Create Vaccine Market
• Government Contracts Focus on Vaccines, Emergency Response
• National Guard, Army Chemical Units Criticized for Being Untrained, Unprepared

COVER STORY

• Bomb Making Skills Spread Globally
• Southeast Asia Struggles to Create Anti-Terrorist Network
• Port Security Around Singapore Critical to World Economy

PRESIDENT'S PERSPECTIVE

• Education Trends Portend Trouble for Defense

SECURITY BEAT

• Defense Department Prison Policies Fomenting Radicalism, Expert Says
• More Work Needed to Reduce Chlorine Shipments, Report Says
• Interpol Makes Inroads Tracking Down Fraudulent Passports
• 700 Miles of Border Fence Whittled Down to Nearly Half

DEFENSE WATCH

• More Services, Less Hardware Define Current Military Buildup

INSIDE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

• U.S. Space Initiatives Fall Short on Ambition

TECH TALK

• SADS Finds the Location of Shooters
• Emergency Escape Windows Offered to Troops
• Trainer Designed to Assist Troops in Deadly Rollovers
• Quick Release Vest Unveiled
• Drink That Refreshes, Invigorates
• Water Machine Geared for Disaster Relief

WASHINGTON PULSE

• Expectations for Africom Slightly Overplayed
• Defense Dept. Seeks Open Dialogue With Industry
• Air Force Stumbles on Cyber-War Planning
• Contractors: Beware of Pentagon Civilians

ETHICS CORNER

• ITT Penalties: Does the Punishment Fit the Crime?