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PRESIDENT'S PERSPECTIVE

• Small Business Innovation Research: Renew it Now!

DEFENSE WATCH

• Tough Decisions on Future Military Roles and Missions

WASHINGTON PULSE

• What’s Next for MRAP?
• F-22 in Dogfight Against News Media
• Top Enlisted Sailor Calls for ‘Deck-Plate Diplomacy’
• Rising Costs Shipwreck Navy’s Expansion

SECURITY BEAT

• Transportation Lab Seeks Radical Change at Airport Checkpoints
• Science Fiction Mavens Offer Far Out Homeland Security Advice
• Mass Notification Alert Systems Spread on Campuses
• Secret Service Hopes Use of New Escape Mask Proliferates

INSIDE SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

• Creating the Body’s Microenvironment to Grow Artificial Organs

IN FOCUS

• Goal for a Network-Centric Military Seems Distant
• Congress Still Undecided on How to Protect Airliners from Missiles

VIEWPOINT

• Non-Military Participation Key To Effective Disaster Response

INDUSTRY STUDY

• Government Action Needed to Fix Troubled Shipbuilding Sector

UNMANNED TECHNOLOGY

• For Now, Lethal Robots Not Likely to Run on Automatic Pilot
• Navy Slows Pursuit of Autonomous Vessels for Coastal Surveillance
• Robots Get Smarter, But Who Will Buy Them?

COVER STORY

• For First Responders, High-Tech Communications Still Out of Reach
• Tracking Personnel Inside Buildings: A Tough Problem to Solve

HOMELAND SECURITY

• Pilot Stress, Aging Equipment Cause Angst at D.C. Air Guard

URBAN WARFARE

• Urban Wars Fuel Demand for More Accurate Sensors
• 'Smart Chaff' Being Developed to Thwart Surface-to-Air Missiles
• Demand on the Rise for Small Hovering Drones

TECH TALK

• Helicopter Needs Repair? Grab the Tape
• Demand for Blimps Soaring
• Kryptonite Laser System Shines in Daylight

ETHICS CORNER

• Are You Prepared for A Government Probe?

CLARIFICATION

• 'Hybrid’ Network of Incompatible Blue-force Trackers