National Defense

Buy American restrictions: bad for jobs, bad for business.

PRESIDENT'S PERSPECTIVE

Message to weapons buyers: make it cheaper and faster.

DEFENSE WATCH

Praise for Marine Corps.

READERS' FORUM: VIEWS ... COMMENTS ... SUGGESTIONS - Letter to the editor

Clinton: USAID must regain credibility.

WASHINGTON PULSE: NEWS FROM INSIDE THE BELTWAY

Everything competes for the same pot of resources...

Export controls rhetoric not backed with actions.

WASHINGTON PULSE: NEWS FROM INSIDE THE BELTWAY

I will tell you that we will, over the next five years.

It took the Army 13 years to fly the first 100,000 hours.

NATO commander: send more spy planes to Afghanistan.

WASHINGTON PULSE: NEWS FROM INSIDE THE BELTWAY - North Atlantic Treaty Organization Army Gen. Bantz John Craddock - Brief article

Some troops don't get fair share of deployment burdens.

WASHINGTON PULSE: NEWS FROM INSIDE THE BELTWAY

Fear itself: emotions drive many homeland security decisions, scholars say.

SECURITY BEAT: HOMELAND DEFENSE BRIEFS

Coast guard to beef up vessel identification network.

SECURITY BEAT

DHS testing 'squid' to halt border-jumping vehicles.

SECURITY BEAT

Correction.

SECURITY BEAT - Correction notice

Noted police chief slams federal-local partnerships.

SECURITY BEAT - Edward Flynn - Brief article

Building a cybersecurity lab.

INSIDE SCIENCE + TECHNOLOGY

Lost agency: CIA must return to its roots to become effective once again.

VIEWPOINT - Central Intelligence Agency - Viewpoint essay

Choke point: hijacked super tanker exposes vulnerability of energy supplies.

Energy

Uncertain future: military may be souring on laser weapons.

Laser Technology

Turf battles: skepticism, inter-service rivalry surrounds joint heavy lift aircraft program.

Heavy Lift

Shifting seas: greater demand for 'soft power' reveals shortfalls in the Navy.

Navy

To catch a smuggler: in the war on drugs, even small victories are celebrated.

War On Drugs

Humanoid soldiers: reverse engineering the brain may accelerate robotics research.

Robot Technology

Danger afloat: no silver bullet for thwarting terrorists aboard small boats.

Military weapons adapted for port defense.

Port Security

Study blasts container scanning process.

Port Security

After six years, still no tamper-proof shipping containers.

Port Security

Global monitor: space sensor measures aerosol impact on climate.

TECHTALK: A TIP-SHEET ON THE LATEST GADGETS

Machine gun ammo pack redesigned.

TECHTALK: A TIP-SHEET ON THE LATEST GADGETS

Navy readies protective vests for aircrews.

TECHTALK: A TIP-SHEET ON THE LATEST GADGETS - Brief article