Gift provides for Chemical Engineering students.(NDIA
NEWS)
* Ann and Norman Hoffman of Waconia, Minn., have donated more than
$2 million to support the University of North Dakota's School of
Engineering and Mines/Chemical Engineering Department.
The . . .
Model assists in Iraq water and land use planning.(TECH
TALK)
* Scientists from Sandia National Laboratory in Albuquerque, N.M.,
and Iraqi engineers have assembled a computer model of that arid Middle
Eastern nation's surface water and related systems.
The . . .
NASA pursues shape shifting wings.(TECH TALK: A TIP-SHEET ON THE
LATEST GADGETS)
* National Aeronautics and Space Administration researchers are
perfecting a fiber optic-based sensing system that could be the first
step in developing technology that would allow pilots to change . . .
Mission control centers for unmanned vehicles.(Miss)
* The military is now flying hundreds of unmanned surveillance
aircraft over Afghanistan and Iraq. While the aircraft and sensors have
advanced rapidly, the workstations that pilots on the ground . . .
Space-based radar.(Miss)
* Back in the pre-9/11 era, when the Pentagon believed it could
monitor its enemies from space, it seemed like a cool idea--a
constellation of orbiting spy satellites that could deliver images . . .
Hugh Harris Scholarship winners announced.(STEM NEWS)(Awards
list)
* THE NATIONAL DEFENSE Industrial Association Gulf Coast Chapter,
in conjunction with NDIA's Targets, Ranges, and UAVs Division,
announced this year's winners of the annual Hugh Harris . . .
Involve all employees in compliance program.(Ethics
Corner)
Tony Stark, hero of the summer blockbuster hit Iron Man, is CEO of
the high profile defense company Stark Industries. Tony channels his
brain power, bravado, and love for things that go boom and . . .
Technology permits Kaput UAV to keep flying.(TECH TALK: A
TIP-SHEET ON THE LATEST GADGETS)
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* A cutting edge flight control system that was developed by
Rockwell Collins Control Technology permits smashed unmanned aerial
vehicles to not only keep on flying, but . . .
Tiny spy aircraft.(Hit)
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* Miniaturized drones--which come in a wide variety of designs and
brand names--have finally given soldiers and Marines on the ground their
own "eyes" on the battlefield. . . .
'America's Army'.(Hit)
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* America's Army is one of the most popular video games today
and is gaining status in the industry as one of its most recognizable
brands.
It also has been a valuable . . .
Aberdeen chapter supports Science and Math students.(NDIA
NEWS)
* The Aberdeen Proving Ground chapter of the National Defense
Industrial Association announced the winners of its first annual Science
and Math Academy scholarship program at a general membership . . .
Moon probe is readied for this year's mission.(TECH
TALK)
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* A spacecraft that is intended to find ice and water-bearing
compounds on the moon this year is moving rapidly through its pre-launch
trials.
An official for Northrop . . .
No sliding: wall-climbing robots that really stick.(TECH TALK: A
TIP-SHEET ON THE LATEST GADGETS)
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* Scientists have developed wall-climbing robots that adhere to
concrete, wood, steel, glass, drywall and brick. They conform to shapes
such as bumps, corners or cracks, . . .
ROVER video receiver.(Hit)
* ROVER stands for remotely operated video enhanced receiver. It is
a laptop computer that allows ground forces to see what an aircraft or
unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) is seeing in real time by . . .
Haptic-friendly gadgets.(Hit)
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* Remember that old AT&T jingle that concluded with "reach
out and touch someone?" Now we really can, thanks to advances in
haptic technology.
Aerospace, defense and . . .
NDIA calendar: upcoming exhibits, shows and
events.(Calendar)
NOVEMBER
4-7
Aircraft Survivability Symposium
2008 (US/Secret Only)
Monterey, CA
www.ndia.org/meetings/9940
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5
Intelligence Community Forum
Bolling AFB, . . .
NDIA ethics committee.(NDIA NEWS: ASSOCIATION BRIEFS)
Joe Reeder, Chairman
Attorney, Greenberg Traurig LLP
Thomas Culligan
Tofie M. Owen, Jr.
Senior Vice President for
Corporate Development, SAIC
John D. Illgen
Vice President, Northrop
. . .
Seaglider finds commercial role.(TECH TALK)
* An Office of Naval Research inspired autonomous underwater
vehicle--the Seaglider--may soon find itself in the commercial
marketplace.
The Seaglider relies on a buoyancy based propulsion system . . .
Mobile broadband for troops.(Miss)
* It is rather shocking that in today's wired culture, troops
in combat zones do not have easy access to information. The military has
spent billions of dollars during the past decade building . . .
Liquid explosive detectors.(Miss)
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* Two years after London authorities thwarted a terrorist plot to
blow up transatlantic airliners by using liquid explosives, passengers
still are banned from carrying . . .
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