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SEPTEMBER 2011

AIR FORCE TECHNOLOGIES
Weaving an Airborne Web
    Joint Operations Define U.S. Air Force Networking.
Materially Altering Technology
    Basic scientific investigation could yield major enhancements to airmen's systems.
Not Your Granddad's Space Fence
    The U.S. Air Force aims to replace its obsolete space debris detector.

SIGNAL SPOTLIGHT: NATO
And Then There Were Three
    NATO initiates the largest agency realignment in alliance history.

LANGUAGE TRANSLATION
Fighting Words
    Because warfighters need to translate and comprehend more than just, "Where's the train station?"
Army's Talking Technology
    The U.S. Army is advancing language translation software.
Talk Is Cheap
   Europe turns to a commercial search engine to untangle patent office Tower of Babel through
no-cost partnership.

SEMAPHORE SERIES: THE FUTURE OF THE INTERNET
What's Now and What's New
   Two computing behemoths have big information technology plans for the future.

VIEWPOINT
About Face
    Managing Defense Department information technology is going to require scrapping current architecture and acquisition processes for a new approach.

SPECIAL REPORT: 9/11 PLUS 10
A Decade Later
    The federal organization at the heart of domestic security matures and sharpens its focus.

PRESIDENT'S COMMENTARY
A Different NATO

INCOMING
Manage Expectations, or They Will Manage You