http://www.military.com/News/Home/0,13324,,00.html?ESRC=dodnews.RSS Military News Center Monday, 12 May 2008 2:53:03 AM http://www.military.com/features/0,15240,167415,00.html?ESRC=dodnews.RSS House Armed Services Committee (HASC) leaders are proposing Congress provide an additional $3.9 billion for 15 C-17 airlifters in fiscal 2009 budget-making, as well as $523 million above the Pentagon's request for F-22 advance procurement for 20 aircraft in fiscal 2010. 2008-05-08 http://www.military.com/features/0,15240,167258,00.html?ESRC=dodnews.RSS Lockheed Martin is protesting the U.S. Navy's decision to award a $1.16 billion contract to Northrop Grumman to design and build its new Broad Area Maritime Surveillance (BAMS) unmanned aerial vehicles. 2008-05-07 http://www.military.com/features/0,15240,167299,00.html?ESRC=dodnews.RSS While the United States remains the definitive leader in unmanned military vehicles, some of the most promising ones are being developed in other countries. 2008-05-06 http://www.military.com/features/0,15240,166921,00.html?ESRC=dodnews.RSS Most advances in retinal implants concentrate on restoring, not enhancing, sight. But there's hope yet for superhuman vision, and without surgery: A team at the University of Washington has created a contact lens assembled with functional circuitry and LEDs. 2008-05-03 http://www.military.com/features/0,15240,166941,00.html?ESRC=dodnews.RSS The Israel Air Force's stunning, undetected flight through Syria's air defenses late last year bears electronic fingerprints similar to those left in Baghdad by the U.S. in 1991 and 2003, say U.S. military and IT industry specialists. 2008-05-02 http://www.military.com/features/0,15240,166815,00.html?ESRC=dodnews.RSS Al-Qaida has rebuilt some of its pre-Sept. 11 capabilities from remote hiding places in Pakistan, and terrorist attacks in neighboring Afghanistan increased 16 percent last year, the U.S. said Wednesday. 2008-04-30 http://www.military.com/features/0,15240,166738,00.html?ESRC=dodnews.RSS A deputy sheriff was waiting for Leif Kamunen when he and his girlfriend pulled out of the Carlton driveway on Friday morning in her grandfather's red Tacoma pickup truck. 2008-04-29 http://www.military.com/features/0,15240,166356,00.html?ESRC=dodnews.RSS The U.S. Navy selected Northrop Grumman to design and build its new surveillance unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV). The $1.16 billion development contract for two Navy-owned test aircraft was announced late April 22 at the Pentagon. Another development-phase aircraft will be provided to the program, but Northrop Grumman will retain ownership. 2008-04-29 http://www.military.com/features/0,15240,166619,00.html?ESRC=dodnews.RSS The U.S. Air Force is considering fielding a variant of its next-generation bomber that could collect intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance undetected behind enemy lines. 2008-04-28 http://www.military.com/features/0,15240,166403,00.html?ESRC=dodnews.RSS For an indoor UAV to meet all of the military's expectations, it would need to be able to fly into a building and find a suitable spot to perch and observe, all without relying on GPS contact. 2008-04-24