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Pentagon's 'Internet in space' appears headed for trouble
The U.S. Department of Defense DOD) is placing all of its eggs into the doctrine of -- or the notion that everything from aircraft and warships to individual infantry soldiers is connected on a massive network like the Internet. Read The Mil & Aero Blog online at www.pennwellblogs.com/mae.

It's a dangerous world, even for Santa Claus
We live in a dangerous world, and it's getting more dangerous all the time. Among the things we do in our national-threat-level-yellow world is try -- with diminishing success, sadly -- to protect our cultural institutions from harm. Read The Mil & Aero Blog online at www.pennwellblogs.com/mae.

Could the Navy and Coast Guard use the same ship? Who knew?
I can't help myself; I just love it when sanity rears its ugly head. Such was the case yesterday when a key member of Congress finally ... FINALLY, recommended the obvious -- that the U.S. Navy and Coast Guard think about combining at least parts of two remarkably similar surface warship programs. Read The Mil & Aero Blog online at www.pennwellblogs.com/mae.

I'm learning something about you; yeah, I'm talking about you
How shy you all are. I had no idea. Obviously this is one of the perils of blogging in the business-to-business business -- you know, the business we're all in. Nobody likes to talk where they might be overheard ... no one except me, that is. That's the way it feels, anyway. Read The Mil & Aero Blog online at www.pennwellblogs.com/mae.

Military eyes MEMS weapons detonators that could be fabbed on IC lines
U.S. military experts are looking into a new way of manufacturing small, reliable, and inexpensive detonators for weapons such as missiles, torpedoes, and smart artillery shells. Read The Mil & Aero Blog online at www.pennwellblogs.com/mae.

Army organization to harvest the best videogame graphics for computer simulation
You may have seen accounts in the mainstream press of how the U.S. Army is creating a new office of videogames. It's a catchy theme, but it's not quite what's going on. Read The Mil & Aero Blog online at www.pennwellblogs.com/mae.

AWACS and Hawkeye flight crews soon may disappear into the pages of history
Way down deep, many of today's military's aircraft pilots and crew must know that their numbers will dwindle in the future as unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) take over the roles of manned aircraft -- but I don't think they thought it would happen quite so soon. Read The Mil & Aero Blog online at www.pennwellblogs.com/mae.

The weekend blog: worldwide electronics sales show serious signs of cooling off
Market researcher IC Insights Inc. in Scottsdale, Ariz. is releasing a dismal report on worldwide shipments of electronics systems, which says sales in 2007 will represent the smallest growth since electronics manufacturers recovered from the 2001-2002 downturn. Read The Mil & Aero Blog online at www.pennwellblogs.com/mae.

Dousing political fires with armored combat vehicles
It doesn't make much sense, which is what makes it so believable. When the federal government -- any agency in the federal government -- encounters a big, potentially embarrassing problem, it overwhelms the problem with money and resources. Read The Mil & Aero Blog online at www.pennwellblogs.com/mae.

Taking care of constituents, and bringing home the bacon
It's not often you see three-quarters of a state's congressional delegation in the same room -- unless it's a joint session of Congress for events like the president's state-of-the-union speech. Yet gather a lot of potential voters where bread-and-butter issues are involved, and congressmen and senators tend to clear their calendars.

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