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Business Trends

August 2022

Court Protects Closely Guarded Vendor Lists

By David Rikkers
Successful companies are investing in efforts to create and maintain effective supply bases that best meet their needs, as well as replace suppliers that do not, creating benefits and reducing costs.
Cyber

April 2020

COVID-19 NEWS: Coronavirus Crisis Highlights Coast Guard’s IT Woes

By Jon Harper
The challenges posed by the COVID-19 pandemic illustrate the need for the Coast Guard to modernize its information technology, the service’s commandant said April 13.
Infotech

February 2020

Navy Establishing ‘Tech Bridge’ in South Carolina

By Connie Lee
The Navy is setting up a new office dubbed the Palmetto Tech Bridge in Charleston, South Carolina, to focus on developing innovative technologies.
Emerging Technologies

October 2017

Disruptive Technologies to Upend Rules of War

By Jeremy Rabkin and John Yoo
Robots are replacing factory workers. Online news sites are displacing newspapers. Passengers are abandoning taxis and summoning part-time drivers with cell phones. Household appliances and security systems are operating on home networks.
Battlefield Communications

June 2016

Researchers Ponder Navigation Beyond GPS

By Stew Magnuson
Way back in 1966, a pair of Aerospace Corporation researchers prepared a report for the commander of the Air Force’s Space System Division on how a satellite navigation system might work.
Global Defense Market

June 2016

State Department Coming to End of Export Control Reform (UPDATED)

By Stew Magnuson
The Obama administration in August 2009 made a goal of revamping and streamlining the International Traffic in Arms Regulations and the Export Administration Regulations.
Homeland Security

October 2014

More Changes in Store For DHS’ Science and Technology Directorate

By Stew Magnuson
Congress created the Department of Homeland Security’s Science and Technology Directorate in 2003 to develop advanced technologies for DHS’ 22 components.
March 2013

Tech Industry Warns Defense Policies Threaten to Stifle Innovation

By Sandra I. Erwin
Defense Department

November 2009

Among Pentagon Buyers, Much Angst About IT

By Sandra I. Erwin
Emerging Technologies

September 2009

Device Offers Quick Translation of Damaged Documents in Seconds

By Robert H. Williams