July 2000

PRESIDENT'S COMMENTARY
Government and Industry Research Must Be Synergistic

RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT
Nanotechnology Paves Way for Coming Scientific Revolution
Plastic Opto-Chips Offer Promise of Greater Communications Bandwidth
Interactive Data Display Devices Help Commanders Get the Picture

MILITARY
Army Transformation Changes Force Targets for Digitization
Planners Focus on Sensors for Brigade Effectiveness (sidebar to above article)

SPECIAL REPORT: AIR FORCE TECHNOLOGIES
Dynamic Information Flow Strengthens Air Operations
Airborne Communications Capsule Hosts Mission Support Systems (sidebar to above article)
Command and Control Connect In Air Force Electronics Center
Concept Design Center Teams Explore Future Space Based Tools

COMMUNICATIONS
Military Forges Components of Future Mobile Communications Platform

COMPUTING
Web of Confusion May Untangle With Standards, Cooperative Efforts
Data Mining Software Accelerates, Streamlines Research and Analysis

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