Pentagon to hold event prior to battery tech prize
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Million-buck battery-bomb bonanza beano The Pentagon has announced that it will hold an "Information Forum" event at a Washington hotel to kickstart its portable power-source innovation competition. With the Wearable Power Prize, the American brass aim to encourage development of technology which could reduce the crippling load of batteries carried in the field by modern soldiers.â¦
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U.S. Defense Secretary  Robert Gates will encourage engagement with China and avoid  public criticism of its military build-up at an Asia security  conference this weekend, a senior U.S. official said.
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By Anonymous  APRIL  APR 17-19  North Charleston, SC  NDIA 8th Annual Science and Engineering Technology Conference DOD/ Tech Exposition: "Reducing Technology Risk in Acquisition Programs." Call Simone Baldwin, (703) 247-2596. E-mail: sbaldwin@ndia.org.
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The U.S. Air Force tomorrow plans to announce an enterprisewide Microsoft software initiative that some analysts see as a prime example of how users can leverage their spending power to force vendors to deliver more secure products.
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RoboCops and robot soldiers got a little closer to reality Thursday as a maker of floor-cleaning automatons teamed up with a stun-gun manufacturer to arm track-wheeled 'bots for the police and the Pentagon.
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I'll be covering the eTech conference in San Diego in early March. It's been a few years, last time I went was just before my surgery in 2002. I'll be going as a blogger, not presenting. Many thanks to O'Reilly for approving the press pass, and I look forward to catching up with many old friends.
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Inventors across the country are being asked to find a way to lighten the load U.S. soldiers carry on their backs -- largely due to the high-tech gear that uses batteries -- and the solution will be decided in a $1 million contest.
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Chicago-based Boeing Co. BA.N has  won a $928 million contract to field the ground-based midcourse  defense part of a planned U.S. missile defense shield, the  Pentagon announced on Monday.
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Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld was  set to meet defense chiefs from about 18 nations aboard a U.S.  aircraft carrier in the Gulf Saturday as the United States  looks to improve the security situation in Iraq with January  elections looming.
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The United States is beefing up military forces in Iraq to provide security before elections scheduled for January 30, Pentagon officials said on Wednesday.
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A US defense official said Thursday that the Pentagon plans to shoot down a malfunctioning US spy satellite before it re-enters the Earth's atmosphere next month.
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Under assault from Republicans on issues of national security, congressional Democrats are planning to push for a vote of no confidence in Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld this month as part of a broad effort to stay on the offensive ahead of the November midterm elections.
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Unscrewing the inscrutable DARPA*, the mad-as-a-bottle-of-crisps Pentagon warboffinry operation, has struck again - this time awarding a $13m contract to the University of Southern California to develop technology which will ensure that imported integrated circuits (ICs) used by the US military are trustworthy.â¦
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Pentagon planners were beginning meetings Friday to determine which units will be leaving Iraq in the next 10 months.
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A series of X-Prizes for breakthroughs in science or technology that solve the world's greatest challenges are planned.
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A competing chip from rival Advanced Micro Devices will likely arrive several months earlier.
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China's test of an anti-satellite weapon last month underscores U.S. frustration in efforts to forge reliable communications with the secretive Chinese military, a senior Pentagon official said on Thursday.