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12-Nov-2003
Moving Army logistics forward
DOE/Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
As the U.S. Army modernizes its fighting units, it also needs to modernize the way it supports these troops. Pacific Northwest National Laboratory staff are working with the U.S. Army's Logistics Transformation Agency (LTA) to help transform the way the Army supports our troops.
12-Nov-2003
For soldiers, tiny may be big in solving battlefield power needs
DOE/Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
The enemy is not the only challenge that a soldier faces in the combat zone.
12-Nov-2003
Military extends 'protect and defend' motto to the ecosystem
DOE/Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Experts in hydrology, soils, remote sensing and wildlife habitat analysis from Pacific Northwest National Laboratory are developing technologies that will help the U.S. Army's Yakima Training Center assess how military training exercises impact the site's arid ecosystem and make decisions about land use. The YTC is located in Washington state.
12-Nov-2003
Technology helps maintain munitions health
DOE/Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
For the past three years, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory has been developing a technology that monitors munitions in storage, shipment and delivery to the battlefield. Now, with the military exploring new types of ammunition, and with requirements calling for future munitions to have "health monitoring systems," PNNL's work may prove very useful.
12-Nov-2003
Infrared sensing
DOE/Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
On the battlefield and elsewhere, there are growing concerns about the possible use of chemical agents. Such materials are relatively easy to make, hide and release, and pose a potentially lethal threat to troops and civilian populations. Infrared sensing is showing significant promise as a technique for quickly detecting chemical effluents in the environment.
12-Nov-2003
Science, technology and America's military in the 21st century
DOE/Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
PNNL capabilities are supporting the armed forces in a time of change.
12-Nov-2003
PNNL performance analysis tool helps Army keep on track
DOE/Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Transforming the logistics supply pipeline is an important part of U.S. Army modernization plans.
12-Nov-2003
Cooling systems
DOE/Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Some days in Iraq the temperature soars to well over 100 degrees Fahrenheit. But even on relatively cooler days, U.S. military personnel wearing heavy protective clothing and performing labor-intensive tasks not only are uncomfortable, but may be vulnerable to heat stress.
12-Nov-2003
Keeping the Army's industrial base healthy
DOE/Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
"If the soldier shoots it, drives it, flies it, wears it or eats it, AMC provides it." Army Materiel Command's motto tells it all. AMC is one of three U.S. Army logistics operations supported by Pacific Northwest National Laboratory team members on site at AMC in Alexandria, Va.