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6. Committee Observations
Pages 124-135

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... The events of September 11 have stressed the Army's S&T planning and budgeting and are necessitating a reconsideration of the process by which the S&T Master Plan is being developed and a review of its contents. While many, if not most, of the Objective Force technologies are of direct application to the Army's recently reconfirmed homeland responsibilities, it will be necessary to modify or adapt specific technologies to serve a dual purpose.
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From page 125...
... The committee believes that terrorism will greatly enlarge the need for Army resources in the homeland. The Army National Guard component will have a prominent role in homeland security; this growing role is not recognized in the annual development of the Army Science and Technology Master Plan (Chapter 1~.
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From page 126...
... One disaster scenario envisioned by the committee involved terrorists operating over computer networks to shut down or alter targeted computer systems. The likely effects in the committee's scenario were interruption of DoD command-and-control systems; loss of power across the national electricity grid; denial of service over the public switched network; and interruption of air traffic control.
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From page 127...
... C) Chapter 2 Indications and Warning Technologies Perimeter defense and warning HgCdTe imaging LWIR arrays to fabricate R high-performance detector arrays.C Uncooled halometer arrays utilizing temperature-dependent dielectric constants and operating at room temperature.C GaAs quantum well arrays; a type of extrinsic photoconductor in which the bound electrons reside inside the quantum wells instead of on dopant ions.C GaN UV detectors for solar blind applications.d Biological agent DNA microarrays that can monitor detection thousands of genes simultaneously.
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From page 128...
... small autonomous vehicles for carrying sensor payloads as part of distributed sensor network. IR, RF, acoustic, seismic, etc.
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From page 129...
... Unattended sensor networks, advanced power sources, C2 and secure communication, low-power sensing elements for deployable perimeter control system. N,F H,O N,F H,O C2 and secure communications, situational F H
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From page 130...
... Planning Decision support aids such as those in the N H O Agile Commander ATD to enhance real-time planning among multiple agencies.
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From page 131...
... Sensor networking and fusion to integrate multiple sensors into a common picture. Real-time damage and contamination modeling to provide attack assessments based on the reports of fused sensor data.
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From page 132...
... Scenario development software based on physiologic and biochemical response to agents. Hemorrhage, neurological, and respiration stabilizing devices and technologies with a long shelf-life, rapid-acting agents.
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From page 133...
... O C system that integrates blood pressure, heart rate, body temperature, skin penetration sensors.
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From page 134...
... N F O warheads NOTE: AI, artificial intelligence; ATD, Advanced Technology Demonstration; CBRN, chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear; CBRNE, chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear, and high explosive; C&C, computers and communication; C2, command and control; DARPA, Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency; EO, electro-optical; FOLPEN, foliage penetration; GPS, Global Positioning System; ID, identification; IF, Internet protocol; IR, infrared; lidar, light detection and ranging; LVB, large vehicle bomb; LWIR, long-wave infrared; MEMS, microelectromechanical systems; NSA, National Security Agency; PSYOP, psychological operations; RF, radio frequency; SNR, signal-to-noise ratio; UAV, unmanned air vehicle; UGS, unattended ground sensor; UGV, unmanned ground vehicle; UW, unmanned underwater vehicle; UV, ultraviolet; 3-D, three-dimensional.
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From page 135...
... 1997. Array-based vapor sensing using chemically sensitive carbon black-polymer resistors.
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Key Terms

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  • urban environment
  • homeland security
  • multiple agencies
  • national guard

  • terrorist attacks
  • blue force
  • active army
  • remote urban
  • industrial base

  • advanced composites
  • army national
  • explosive detection
  • army homeland
  • access control

  • distributed sensors
  • situational awareness
  • civilian emergency
  • material behavior
  • acquisition strategies

  • interrupted civilian
  • secure communications
  • supplement experimental
  • integrated multiplexer
  • public switched

  • civilian site
  • current approaches
  • combinatorial peptides
  • auto dna
  • responder organizations


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