Defense Today 2005 - Abstracts

Defense Today 2005
TitleSubjectAuthors
After price complaints, DOD works with Contractors on costs.(Department of Defense)BusinessDouglas Burton
A highly efficient organocatalyst for direct Aldol reactions of ketones with aldehydes.BusinessZhuo Tang, Zhi-Hua Yang, Xiao-Hua Chen, Lin-Feng Cun, Ai-Qiao Mi, Yao-Zhong Jiang, Liu-Zhu Gong
Air Force adds nano, emergency response technology research.BusinessKeith Stein
Air Force lab developing intelligent, predictive computer system.Business 
Alliant wins $126 million in ammo-related work.(Alliant Techsystems)Business 
Analyst assails proposal to kill Air Force variant of JSF.(Joint Strike Fighter, F-35)Business 
Army leaders: FCS will meet 'Spectrum' of mission needs: Robots would enhance Katrina-like search-and-rescue.(Future Combat Systems (Defense program))BusinessScoot Nance
A (super 13)C NMR study of the molecular dynamics and phase transition of confined benzene inside titanate nanotubes.(nuclear magnetic resonance)BusinessYue Wu, Xiao-Ping Tang, Jing-Chen Wang, Lewis W. Cary, Alfred Kleinhammes
BAE says JSF electronic warfare system passes tests.(Joint Strike Fighter)Business 
Boeing aerial refueling tanker heads to Italy.(Boeing Co. and Aeronavali develops Boeing KC-767A )Business 
Boeing delivers 77 military aircraft in 2004, unchanged from 2003.Business 
Boeing Drones simulate combat mission.Business 
Boeing moves past some troubles, but more questions remain.BusinessDavid Ahearn
Boeing receives JTRS radio for FCS.(Joint Tactical Radio System Cluster 1: Future Combat Systems Program)Business 
Canada, like United States, confronts tight defense funding.BusinessHoward William
Canada to seek proposals for troubled subs.(contracts to maintain its troubled fleet of four diesel-powered submarines)BusinessHoward Wiliams
Canceling DD(X) destroyer would inflate CVN 21 carrier cost.BusinessDave Ahrean
Collins, Warner team to fund shipbuilding.(Susan Collins )Business 
Completing first requirement, Raytheon sends DCGS for more tests.(Distributed Common Ground System)(Langley Air Force Base, Virginia)Business 
Computational characterization of the role of the base in the Suzuki-Miyaura cross-coupling reaction.BusinessFeliu Maseras, Ataualpa A.C. Braga, Nelson H. Morgon, Gregori Ujaque
"Concerted" transition state, stepwise mechanism. Dynamics effects in C(super 2)-C(super 6) enyne allene cyclizations.BusinessTefsit Bekele, Chad F. Christian, Mark A. Lipton, Daniel A. Singleton
Conservation of (mu)s-ms enzyme motions in the apo- and substrate-mimicked state.BusinessHeather Beach, Roger Cole, Michelle L. Gill, J. Patrick Loria
Coordination-based gold nanoparticle layers.BusinessRonit Popovitz-Biro, Alexander Vaskevich, Israel Rubinstein, Hagai Cohen, Meni Wanunu
Copper- or phosphine-catalyzed reactions of alkynes with isocyanides. Regioselective synthesis of substituted pyrroles controlled by the catalyst.BusinessYoshinori Yamamoto, Shin Kamijo, Chikashi Kanazawa
DD(X) destroyer, CG(X) cruiser cuts seen as best for lowering costs.BusinessDave Ahear
Defense globalization: Boon or bane?BusinessDave Griffiths
Department oblivious to profusion of Bioagent Labs, IG warns.BusinessGeorge Lobsenz
DRS Tech wins Javelin Systems Pact.(DRS Technologies Inc.)Business 
DRS wins $25 million in navy work.(DRS Technologies Inc.)Business 
DRS wins pact for Apache targeting systems.(DRS Technologies Inc.)Business 
EADS chosen as preferred bidder for U.K. tanker pact.(European Aeronautic Defense and Space Co. )BusinessDave Ahern
EADS gains missile order from Spain.Business 
Effect of molecular weight on the exponential growth and morphology of hyaluronan/chitosan multilayers: A surface plasmon resonance spectroscopy and atomic force microscopy investigation.BusinessAntonella Badia, Jacqueline Sanchez, Piotr Kujawa, Patricia Moraille, Francoise M. Winnik
Efficient preparation of organic substrate-RNA conjugates via in vitro transcription.BusinessRoberto Fiammengo, Kamil Musllek, Andres Jasckhe
Electrochemical gate-controlled conductance of single oligo(phenylene ethynylene)s.BusinessLarry A. Nagahara, Adam M. Rawlett, Xiaoyin Xiao, Nongjian Tao
England says Navy carrier force shrinking; Seeks another LCS.(Littoral Combat Ship)(Gordon England)BusinessDaveahearn
Enhancement of O2 dissociation on Au(111) by adsorbed oxygen: Implications for oxidation catalysis.BusinessCynthia M. Friend, Xingyi Deng, Byoung Koun Min, Amado Guloy
First new cutter to be named for first Coast Guard commandant.(National Security Cutter)Business 
Future Coast Guard cutter design passes key review.Business 
GD, Northrop officials take top ASA posts amid challenges.(General Dynamics Corporation)(American Shipbuilding Association )Business 
GD unit wins army ammo deal worth as much as $1.2 billion.(General Dynamics Corp.)Business 
Guns and votes, the Bush contradiction.(George W. Bush)BusinessLinda Gasparello
Highly active, immobilized ruthenium catalysts for oxidation of alcohols to aldehydes and ketones. Preparation and use in both batch and flow systems.BusinessRyo Akiyama, Shu Kobayashi, Hiroyuki Miyamura, Tasuku Ishida
Industry team announces Satcom program milestone.Business 
Kinetic acidity of aliphatic hydrocarbons. Hydrogen isotope exchange with cesium cyclohexylamide in cyclohexlamine.BusinessAndrew Streitwieser, Thomas A. Keevil, David R. Taylor, Edward C. Dart
Kirtland laser lab supports ABL.(Airborne Laser)(Kirtland Air Force Base, New Mexico)BusinessRay Nelson
Lab team creates new computer simulation to aid U.S Special Forces.Business 
Legislators, shipbuilders see peril in shrinking Navy fleet.Business 
Lockheed announces 4 successful warhead tests.(Lockheed Martin Corporation )Business 
Lockheed begins systems work on helos.(Lockheed Martin Corp.)(Sikorsky Aircraft Mh-60R )Business 
Lockheed, Boeing complete successful weapons tests.(Lockheed Martin Corp.)(Boeing Co.)Business 
Lockheed, Boeing, top-ranked in contracts; Halliburton moves up.Business 
Lockheed delivers 170 rockets to army, hellfires to Australia.(Lockheed Martin Corporation)Business 
Lockheed sees FCS work grow.(Future Combat System)Business 
Magnetoswitchabnle reactions of DNA monolayers on electrodes: Gating the processes by hydrophobic magnetic nanoparticles.BusinessEugenii Katz, Itamar Willner, Yossi Weizmann
Nanostructuring, compositional fluctuations, and atomic ordering in the thermoelectric materials AgPb(sub m)SbTe(sub 2+m). The myth of solid solutions.BusinessMercouri G. Kanatzidis, Eric Quarez, Kuei-Fang Hsu, Robert Pcionek, N. Frangis, E.K. Polychroniadis
Navy completes initial tests on Lockheed Millennium Gun.Business 
Near-space is the 'buzzword': Air Force Lab works hot DOD space trend.BusinessRay Nelson
NNA sweetens Los Alamos fee offer.(National Nuclear Security Administration)BusinessGeorge Lobsenz
Northrop gains $40 million targeting contract.(weather targeting system)Business 
Northrop Grumman gains $142 million Airborne Laser Pact.Business 
Northrop Grumman team to bid on NATO missile defense.Business 
Placing curbs on exports a dicey business.(Sensors and Instrumentation Technical Advisory Committee )Business 
Powder crystallography by proton solid-state NMR spectroscopy.BusinessBenedicte Elena, Lyndon Emsley
Raytheon unit gains more soviet clean-up work.(Defense Threat Reduction Agency)Business 
Rumsfeld transformation plan would harm defense industry: Analyst.(U.S. Defense Secretary, Donald Rumsfeld)BusinessDavid Ahearn
Selective solvent interaction in a fluorous reaction system.BusinessJohn T. Gerig
Senate panel to probe FCS, C-130J programs.(Future Combat Systems)Business 
Stealthy Lockheed missile makes successful flight.Business 
Synthesis of reaction of [{HC(CMeNAr)2}Mn]2 (Ar = 2,6-iPr2C6H3): The complex containing three-coordinate manganese(I) with an Mn-Mn bond exhibiting unusual magnetic properties and electronic structure.BusinessDante Gatteschi, Andrea Caneschi, Herbert W. Roesky, Jianfang Chai, Hongping Zhu, A. Claudia Stuckl, Jorg Magull, Alessandro Bencini
Synthesis, physical properties, multitemperature crystal structure, and 20 K synchrotron X-ray charge density of a magnetic metal organic framework structure, Mn3(C8O4H4)3(C5H11ON)2.BusinessRasmus D. Poulsen, Anders Bentien, Marie Chevalier, Bo B. Iversen
The new oil shock: shocking and permanent.BusinessLlewellyn King
Then there were three, Arabs eclipsed.(peace and stability in middle east)BusinessMartin Walker
Theoretical prediction of noble gas containing anions FNgO(super -) (Ng = He, Ar, and Kr).BusinessWei-Ping Hu, Tsung-Hui Li, Chun-Hao Mou, Hui-Ru Chen
Thermobaric Hellfire gets production nod.Business 
The role of the peripheral anionic site and cation-pie interactions in the ligand penetration of the human AChE gorge.BusinessFrancesco Luigi Gervasio, Michele Parrinello, Davide Branduardi, Andrea Cavalli, Maurizio Recanatini
Total synthesis of brevetoxin B.BusinessYoshinori Yamamoto, Isao Kadota, Hiroyoshi Takamura, Hiroki Nishii
Touts itself as top FCS player: BAE to showcase robotic demonstrator at army exhibition.(BAE SYSTEMS North America)BusinessNance Scott
Undergrads help APL engineers devise recon airship.(Johns Hopkins University. Applied Physics Laboratory)Business 
Will DDG destroyers kill DD(X) program? Sen. Collins rejects Navy DD(X) plan as no improvement.(Susan Collins)BusinessDave Griffiths
Women soldiers serve well in combat areas, but in limited role.BusinessDouglas Burton
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