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Oil Wealth Helps Gulf Nation Build Domestic Arms Industry
Work is ongoing on the largest project the Abu Dhabi Ship Building facility has taken on so far: the building of six corvette-class ships for the United Arab Emirates navy.
http://www.nationaldefensemagazine.org/archive/2009/May/Pages/OilWealthHelpsGulfNationBuildDomesticArmsIndustry.aspx
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Video Sharing Needed for Emergency Response
The nation has tried to move closer to a world where all first responders, the military and other government agencies can communicate on one radio system.
http://www.nationaldefensemagazine.org/archive/2009/May/Pages/VideoSharingNeededforEmergencyResponse.aspx
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Prolonged Wars Tax Military Capacity to Deploy Electricity
The gargantuan demand for generators is straining the military’s already overburdened logistics support system.
http://www.nationaldefensemagazine.org/archive/2009/May/Pages/ProlongedWarsTaxMilitaryCapacitytoDeployElectricity.aspx
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Medical Costs Threaten Pentagon’s Fiscal Health
In 2010, the Pentagon will spend $47 billion on health care — the equivalent of the entire U.S. foreign affairs budget.
http://www.nationaldefensemagazine.org/archive/2009/May/Pages/MedicalCostsThreatenPentagon’sFiscalHealth.aspx

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Robots Are Major Players In U.S. Military Strategy
The Defense Department is serious about robotics. The use of robots in warfare has long ceased to be a topic for science fiction and the technology has now become an essential component of the U.S. arsenal.
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Gates Reshapes the Budget, Can He Change the Culture?
Battling parochial interests may be easy compared to changing the memes that have ruled the Pentagon for decades.
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In the United States, the wind-energy industry has risen an average of 32 percent per year during the last five years.
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Further Government Contracting Reform on the Obama Agenda
Contractors should prepare for major federal contracting reforms within the next several months.
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