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DARPA Ground X-Vehicle Technology (GXV-T) program aims to break “more armor” paradigm for protection

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The GXV-T program plans to pursue research, development, design and testing and evaluation of major subsystem capabilities in multiple technology areas with the goal of integrating these capabilities into future ground X-vehicle demonstrators. —Kevin Massey, DARPA program manager.

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EPA Proposes New Tougher Ground-Level Ozone Standards

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This seasonal standard is designed to protect plants and trees from damage occurring from repeated ozone exposure, which can reduce tree growth, damage leaves, and increase susceptibility to disease. EPA is proposing an accelerated schedule for designating areas for the primary ozone standard. August 2011 Designations become effective.

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Lockheed Martin’s CTO Steven Walker on Future Defense Technologies

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So he returned to Dayton and got an engineering job at the AFRL's Air Vehicles Directorate working on air acoustics and designing exhaust systems for military airplanes. in 1997, he moved east to manage an aerodynamics and hypersonics research program at the Air Force Office of Scientific Research , in Arlington, Va.

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Robert Kahn: The Great Interconnector

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He knew that the ARPANET design all by itself wouldn’t be useful for bringing together these disparate networks. At DARPA, in addition to his networking efforts, he launched the VLSI [very-large-scale integration] Architecture and Design Project and the billion-dollar Strategic Computing Initiative.

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