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What’s in Store for the Technology Industry in 2012?
As the electronics world finally recovers from the twin tragedies of the Japanese earthquake and tsunami and the Thailand flooding and their impact on the global supply chain, what’s in store...

Free Apps Threaten Smart Phone Security
That free app you just downloaded to your smart phone could end up costing you. As more consumers adopt smart phones, the number of apps being downloaded to phones is skyrocketing. The vast majority...

Tearing Down Electronics to Get the Inside Scoop on Manufacturers’ Costs and Strategy
Even before it had a chance to get the Kindle Fire tablet into consumers’ hands, Amazon was making headlines for purportedly pricing its device for less than the per-unit manufacturing cost. But this information...

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Conflict Minerals in the Supply Chain
The following is an excerpt from "Conflict Minerals in the Supply Chain: Traceability, Accountability and Corporate Responsibility," a report published in a special edition of "Supply & Demand Chain Executive" magazine...

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How the Fight Against Counterfeit Electronic Parts Gets a Boost from the Government
The average home computer may have more in common with a multi-million-dollar weapons system than you might think. Handed over to recycling programs by their owners, many used home computers are instead shipped to developing countries where they are broken down into components that sit in large trash heaps...

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Improving Maritime Security One Number at a Time
Next year marks the 25th anniversary of the International Maritime Organization (IMO) numbering scheme, an often-overlooked yet significant contributor to maritime security. Even though it was created years before events such as 9/11...

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Cybersecurity Concerns Offer New A&D Growth Opportunities
With each passing day the international community becomes more interconnected, increasingly relying on information exchanged by computer networks to better organize and more effectively control the world...

How Worried Should We be About Cyber Attacks?
In May, the Obama administration introduced its cybersecurity legislative proposal. The proposal immediately caused controversy, with opponents questioning its reach into private data...

Devastating Computer Worm Raises Alarms About Safety of Industrial Control Systems
The highly sophisticated Windows computer worm Stuxnet may have been designed to only attack a very specific target, but is has raised new worries...

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An Analysis of Changes in Global Defense Spending
Depending on where you’re sitting, the outlook for defense spending is either good or bad. First, the bad news: The world’s biggest defense spenders will definitely be tightening their belts. But there still is a glimmer of good news...

How a New Organization is Streamlining the Aerospace Chemical Reporting Requirements
Imagine the plight of an airline seat manufacturer. The company may supply the same seats to dozens of airlines around the world, yet often has to comply with multiple chemical material declarations and reporting requirements. That’s because each...

Trends in US Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance Spending
With deep cuts looming for the US defense budget, there remains one relatively bright spot: intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR). However, it may not be as bright as some reports are making it out to be...

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Pipeline Safety in the Spotlight
More than 2.5 million miles of pipelines crisscross the United States, delivering oil and gas. Yet many of these pipelines are decades old, and some have been in place for at least a century...

New Report Shows 2009 Drilling Expenditures Dropped from Record Highs
After spending a record-breaking $295 billion on drilling and equipping wells in 2008, the US oil and gas industry reduced its spending to $171 billion in 2009, according to the new 2009 Joint Association Survey on Drilling Costs (JAS)...

Automotive Industry Debates Energy Efficiency Issues
Automotive energy efficiency was a hot topic at the SAE 2011 World Congress, held in April in Detroit. This year, the automotive industry’s largest engineering conference was themed “Charging Forward Together”...

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A Vision for Coping with the Coming Energy Challenge
In a world of ubiquitous cell phones and growing demand for electronic devices like tablet computers, it’s hard to believe that 1.6 billion people still don’t have access to electricity...

Energy Management Systems Get International Recognition
While organizations can’t control energy supply or costs, they can control how efficiently they use energy. A new standard introduced by the International Organization for Standardization...

Electric Vehicles: The Demand is There, but What About the Infrastructure?
Déjà vu, anyone? When the Ford Model T — the car that kick-started the US auto industry — was launched in 1908, the infrastructure...