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Homeland Security
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Bomb and Warhead
August 2019
GLOBAL EOD CONFERENCE NEWS: Pentagon Sees IED Threat from Peer Adversaries
BETHESDA, Md. — During the height of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, one of the greatest challenges the U.S. military faced from insurgents was the scourge of improvised explosive devices — low-cost bombs that were deployed on roadsides and other areas frequented by warfighters — that killed or maimed thousands of troops. But as the United States enters an era of competition with advanced adversaries such as Russia and China, the threat from IEDs will endure, an official with the Defense Threat Reduction Agency said Aug. 6. -
Air Power
July 2019
BREAKING: B-21 Bomber on Track for First Test Flight in Late 2021
By Connie LeeThe Air Force plans to fly the B-21 Raider for the first time around December 2021, according to the service’s vice chief of staff. -
Defense Department
August 2018
Northcom Leader Pushing for Modernization of Explosive Ordnance Disposal Technology
By Sonja JordanThe United States must modernize its explosive ordnance disposal capabilities as it faces increasing threats from advanced adversaries, the deputy commander of U.S. Northern Command said Aug. 14. -
Strategic Weapons
July 2016
Future ICBM: Industry Predicts ‘Low Risk’ Development
By Sandra I. ErwinThe nation’s top defense contractors are drafting bids in anticipation of an Air Force request for proposals to develop the next generation of nuclear-tipped intercontinental ballistic missiles. -
Strategic Weapons
June 2016
Skills Gap Concerns Come to the Fore in Competition to Manage Nuclear Weapons Lab
By Sandra I. ErwinOne of the nation’s largest nuclear weapons laboratories is seeking contractor bids to manage its day-to-day operations. The competition for the Sandia National Laboratories deal could cause a shakeup as the lab has been run by the same contractor — Lockheed Martin Corp. — for 23 years. -
Land Forces
April 2016
New Research Holds Promise for Lighter, Tougher Vehicle Armor (UPDATED)
The Army Tank Automotive Research Development and Engineering Center continues to invest millions to improve the vehicle armor that protects troops from small arms and explosives. And universities are pitching in by inventing new life-saving materials. -
Robotics
March 2016
Navy Presses On With Long-Delayed Bomb Disposal Robot Program
The Navy expects to field the first of three planned explosive ordnance disposal robots in 2017, almost 10 years after the program was announced, service officials said in a recent interview. -
Air Force News
October 2015
Air Force Poised to Buy New Bomber, Avoid Acquisition Death Spiral
By Sandra I. ErwinAir Force Poised to Buy New Bomber, Avoid Acquisition Death Spiral -
October 2015
JIEDDO Emerges From Wars as Combat Support Agency
In May, the Joint Improvised Explosive Device Defeat Organization was given a new name and a permanent place in the Pentagon bureaucracy under acquisition, technology and logistics at the office of the secretary of defense.
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