National Defense
Год / Месяц: 2017 / 09
Формат: pdf
Размер: 28 mb
Язык: English
National Defense, published monthly by the National Defense Industrial Association, provides news and analysis on topics of relevance to national security government and industry professionals.
Advanced Computing
24 pentagon Struggling
To Take advantage of artificial intelligence
U.S. military officials envision a wide variety of potential applications for AI including intelligence analysis and exploitation, targeting, cyber warfare, missile defense and autonomous platforms.
By JON HARPER
Cover Story
26 Light attack for
Lower Cost: off-the-Shelf aircraft Demos Could
Shake up acquisition process
On a hot August day, three industry teams
met at Holloman Air Force Base, New Mexico, to test out their aircraft for the Air Force’s OA-X experiment.
By VIVIENNE MACHI
Air Force
30 air Mobility Command flexes its Muscles at revamped exercise
Thirty nations and 3,000 personnel participated in what the command touted as “the most realistic, real-world, scenario-driven events the command has ever undertaken.”
By STEW MAGNUSON
Directed Energy Weapons
32 Widespread applications envisioned for airborne Lasers
There are many technical challenges that must be solved before aircraft can be armed with lasers, including size, weight and power requirements.
By JON HARPER
Military Aircraft Market
35 global Demand for Special operations aircraft grows
There is a need for planes that can conduct missions such as infiltration and exfiltration, intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance collection.
By yASMIN TADJDEH
37 Middle eastern Military aviation Market expanding
Despite collapsing oil prices, allied nations in the region will be making big investments in new and refurbished aircraft over the next several years.
By yASMIN TADJDEH
Departments
4 president’s perspective
Solving the Military Readiness Conundrum
By Hawk Carlisle
6 Technology Tomorrow
A look at R+D trends
By Stew Magnuson
8 government Contracting insights
Changes Coming to Defense Acquisitions
By Julia Lippman and Jason N. Workmaster
9 ethics Corner
10 Budget Matters
Who’s funding what in Washington
By Jon Harper
12 global Defense
What’s new at home and abroad
By Yasmin Tadjdeh and Vivienne Machi
39 NDia News
40 NDia Calendar
Complete guide to NDIA events
44 Next Month
Preview of our next issue
44 index of advertisers
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