Dual-Benefit Solutions

Uganda Using High-Tech Immigration System to Counter Terrorism (Yahoo! News) “Uganda has started using a high-technology immigration system designed [to] monitor cross-border movement in a bid to counter terrorism in the east African nation, officials said. The US-funded Terrorist Interdiction Program (TIP), launched in the Kenya-Uganda border town of Malaba, is designed to collect and analyze data of passport holders, US embassy spokesman Mark Schlachter told [Agence France-Presse]. ‘This improved analysis capacity will allow Ugandan immigration officials to identify and intercept individuals of interest,’ Schlachter said.” [View article]

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What’s New

U.S. and EU Cooperate Against WMD Proliferation and Terrorism The United States and the European Union on Monday, in conjunction with a summit held in Washington, DC, issued a declaration and joint statement on their cooperative efforts to address the global challenges of terrorism and the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction—“our greatest security challenges,” said the joint declaration. [View State Dept. press release] [View summit transcript] [View statement on nonproliferation] [View declaration on cooperation]

RAND Study Says U.S. Terrorism Insurance System Falls Short The terrorism insurance system in the United States is failing to provide businesses with adequate financial protection, leaving the nation vulnerable to economic disruption if there is a major terrorist attack, according to a report published Monday by the RAND Center for Terrorism Risk Management Policy. It points out that terrorism insurance does not cover losses caused by attacks from domestic terrorist groups and that most insurance policies now exclude coverage for attacks involving chemical, biological, radiological, or nuclear weapons. Furthermore, many businesses are not buying terrorism insurance, increasing the economic damage that would be caused by a new terrorist strike. [View press release] [Order report] [View research brief]

Law Enforcement Interest in Library Records Since October 2001, there have been at least 137 legally executed requests for library records by federal, state, or local law enforcement, according to data published Monday by the American Library Association. There were 63 legally executed requests for records in public libraries and 74 in academic libraries. The association believes that public anxiety and librarian concern over law enforcement activity in libraries is justified. [View press release]

Fake Documents Got Workers Into Nuclear Weapons Plant Last year, 16 construction workers who were illegal aliens gained access to the Energy Department’s Y-12 nuclear weapons plant using false documents, according to a report released on 14 June by the department’s Inspector General. “Control procedures at Y-12 facilities, which should have prevented unauthorized access, were not implemented,” according to the report. The Inspector General recommended that Y-12 management “ensure that the revised access policy is fully and consistently implemented” and “take action to ensure that future” security reviews by the Office of Independent Oversight and Performance Assurance “include inspection steps specific to the issues discussed in this report.” [View report]

Pinnacle Exercise Will Test Continuity-of-Operations Plans The Homeland Security Department and other federal departments and agencies were scheduled to test their continuity-of-operations plans this week during Pinnacle, a four-day exercise. It was planned to allow federal officials to implement continuity-of-operations plans, test communications connectivity, and demonstrate that essential functions can be effectively conducted during threats and emergencies. Unlike the Topoff 3 exercise in April, involving real-life response capabilities using assets and personnel from federal, state, and local governments, Pinnacle will simply test operations and procedures for performing essential government functions. [View press release]

<Joint Training Facility to Support WMD Response Officials at Fort Leonard Wood, MO, will break ground next week for the Joint Emergency Responders Training Facility that will give first responders a state-of-the-art facility to hone the skills they’ll need to deal with weapons of mass destruction and chemical, biological, nuclear, and radiological incidents. When it opens in 2007, the facility will prepare military service members and civilians from federal agencies. [View press release]

Ten More Airports to Get Explosives Trace Detectors by September The Transportation Security Administration has completed the explosives detection trace portal pilot program for passenger screening. The technology was tested in a pilot program in 14 cities and met TSA’s standards. In July, TSA will begin adding 44 machines and 10 airports to the program. [View press release]

NRC Restores Public Access to More Documents The Nuclear Regulatory Commission on 17 June completed restoration of public access to 70,000 more documents through its online library, ADAMS, after conducting a security-sensitivity review. These administrative, contractual, research, and other documents not related to a specific licensee were removed from the public library on 25 October 2004. The documents may be viewed and retrieved through the NRC’s Web-based ADAMS or by using Citrix software. Citrix allows earlier access, by perhaps a day, but requires downloading the appropriate software. Help in using ADAMS or Citrix is available from the NRC Public Document Room by phone at 800-397-4209 or 301-415-4737 or by email. [View press release]

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National News

US-VISIT Delays Foreign Airlines (Washington Post) “A new air-security system designed to track foreign visitors arriving in the United States has mistakenly snagged dozens of crew members of foreign airlines, according to new documents obtained from the Department of Homeland Security,” reports the Washington Post. “The manager of an unidentified foreign carrier complained that 35 employees were stopped for 30 minutes to an hour after arriving in Los Angeles, San Francisco, Honolulu, New York, Anchorage and Guam. Another airline said eight crew members had been questioned in Miami, Newark, New York’s John F. Kennedy and Los Angeles airports. In each case, carriers indicated that the new program called US-VISIT, which captures digital fingerprints and photographs of all foreigners entering the country, was unable to properly identify the crew members who already have had U.S. background checks.” [View article]

Efforts to Combat Nuclear Terrorism Hindered by Porous Borders (Government Executive) “America’s porous borders and winding coastlines are impossible to fortify against bad people determined to get bad things into this country,” according to the National Journal. “The security consensus since 9/11 is that government officials should do everything they can to catch terrorists before they can launch an attack, but that they must realize they won’t be able to catch all of them. The equation regarding the nuclear threat is different, however: Letting just one nuclear bomb through carries unacceptable costs—mortal, economic, and psychological. So, this threat demands a response that—ideally—leaves nothing to chance.” [View article]

Witness Says DHS Is Lax on Employers of Illegal Aliens (Washington Times) “The Department of Homeland Security has allowed thousands of employers to hire millions of illegal aliens because of a lack of funding, manpower and commitment to solve the problem,” Carl Hampe, the Justice Department’s former top legal representative in immigration litigation, told the House Judiciary Subcommittee on Immigration, Border Security, and Claims on Tuesday, reports the Washington Times. DHS—through U.S. Customs and Immigration Enforcement—“has not actively sought to bring cases or level fines against employers who knowingly hire illegals, said … Hampe.” [View article]

Linguists in Short Supply in Terror War (Detroit News) “The federal government has created a profusion of programs to train students in languages and cultures important in the war on terrorism,” reports USA Today. “… Congress and the White House have pumped money into new and existing programs for training in Arabic and other Middle Eastern languages and cultures. Annual spending has jumped from about $41 million in 2001 to $100 million today. While the funding and programs have grown, the results are, so far, insufficient, said Sen. Chris Dodd, D-Conn. The government needs to hire 34,000 foreign-language specialists, particularly Arabic speakers, for homeland security, defense and intelligence agencies, he said.” [View article]

U.S. Allies Resist Secret Deportations (USA Today) “U.S. allies have begun to resist Washington’s secretive role in spiriting away terror suspects: Italy is investigating the disappearance of one accused militant as a kidnapping, Sweden wrote rules to assert its authority over outside agents and Canada is holding hearings after one of its citizens was sent to Syria,” reports the Associated Press. “At least two of the cases bear the hallmarks of the CIA’s ‘extraordinary rendition’ program—stepped up after Sept. 11—in which the Bush administration has transferred dozens of suspects to third countries without court approval, subjecting them to possible torture.” [View article]

Suit Challenges FBI’s Antiterrorism Hiring (Columbia [MO] Daily Tribune) “The FBI vowed to build national expertise for fighting terrorists after the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks, but the supervisors who crafted that war plan now say Middle East and terrorism experience haven’t been important for choosing their agents.… The lawsuit, brought against the FBI by one of its most accomplished pre–Sept. 11 terror-fighting agents, provides sharp contrasts between the bureau’s public promises and the reality of how it has chosen the agents who run its war on terrorism. In hundreds of pages of sworn testimony obtained by The Associated Press, senior FBI managers argued repeatedly that Middle East and anti-terrorism experience aren’t required for promotion and that they see little difference between solving a traditional crime and a terror attack.” [View article]

ACLU Says Bush Is Restricting Science (ABC News) “The American Civil Liberties Union charged Tuesday that the Bush administration is placing science under siege by overzealously tightening restrictions on information, individuals and technology in the name of homeland security,” according to the Associated Press. “… Since the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks the government has actively increased the use of classifying information to keep it secret, including the use of the category ‘unclassified but sensitive’ and extending classification authority to more departments, the ACLU said.” [View article]

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International News

G8 Ministers Order New Research Into Terrorism (Scotsman) “G8 ministers meeting in Sheffield [England on 17 June] refused to say whether they would look specifically at whether the US’s detention of ‘enemy combatants’ at Guantanamo Bay has played a role in turning other Muslims to extremism,” reports the Press Association. “But the eight countries—including Britain, the US, Russia and Japan—will unite to look at protecting underground and railway networks. Asked whether delegates believed the terrorist threat was increasing or being held stable, [British] Home Secretary Charles Clarke said: ‘It is our opinion that the threat from terrorism is changing and we need to understand that change properly.’” [View article]

Homicide Much More Prevalent Than Terrorism (New Zealand Herald) “Deaths from international terrorism activities in developed countries are 208 times fewer than those caused by other homicide, a New Zealand study has found,” according to the New Zealand Press Association. “… two researchers from the University of Otago’s Wellington School of Medicine and Health Sciences … Nick Wilson and George Thomson, found [that] even with the September 11, 2001, attacks in the US taken into account, the American death rate from terrorism was still 60 times less than other forms of homicide in the US. The study identified 32 international terrorist attacks between 1994 and 2003 that caused fatalities among non-combatants.” [View article]

U.S. and Pakistani Presidents Discuss War on Terror (Sify News, Pakistan) “US President George W. Bush and Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf discussed the war on terrorism by telephone on Tuesday, according to White House spokesman Scott McClellan.…” reports Agence France-Presse. “‘They discussed good cooperation in the war on terrorism’ as well as developments in Afghanistan and India-Pakistan relations during their 15-minute conversation, McClellan told reporters. McClellan declined to say whether the two leaders had discussed the location of Osama bin Laden, the architect of the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks, but said the United States has a ‘general’ idea of where he is.” [View article]

Pakistan and Saudi Arabia to Cooperate Against Terrorism and Smuggling (Islamabad, Pakistan, Pak Tribune) “Pakistan and Saudi Arabia have agreed to strengthen cooperation between their intelligence and law enforcement agencies to iron out the menace of terrorism and drug trafficking,” reports the Pakistan News Service. “… Interior Minister Aftab Ahmed … said Pakistan’s intelligence, law enforcement agencies and police would collaborate with Saudi intelligence to curb terrorism and smuggling. He observed [that] Pakistan’s government was taking [a] number of steps for improving [the] law and order situation. [The] Saudi Ambassador said that Pakistan played [a] pivotal role to smoke out [terrorist] elements.” [View article]

>China and Kazakhstan to Enhance Antiterror and Law-Enforcement Cooperation (Xinhua News Agency) “China and Kazakhstan will further enhance cooperation on anti-terrorism and law-enforcement, in light of successful cooperation in trade, energy, communication and security,” reports Xinhuanet. After a meeting and talks in Beijing, “the Chinese Ministry of Public Security and the [Kazakh] Ministry of Interior Affairs signed files and promised to offer [Kazakhstan] some free equipment for law-enforcement.” [View article]

Malaysia to Share Antiterror Experience at Intl. Meeting on Iraq (Vietnam News Agency) Malaysia, as chair of the Organisation of Islamic Conference, “will attend the International Conference on Iraq [that was scheduled] to be co-organised by the United States and the European Union in Brussels,” Belgium, on Wednesday, reports the Vietnam News Agency. “Malaysia had experience in tackling terrorism-related issues in the country during the post-independence era as well as in serving in the United Nations’ peacekeeping missions, and participating in talks to restore peace and political stability in several countries, including Cambodia, the Malaysian [Foreign Minister Syed Hamid Albar] said. He added that Malaysia will share its experience at the conference with the hope of contributing to a solution for Iraq.” [View article]

Philippines, Indonesia to Pool Resources to Fight Terrorism (Radio Australia) “Indonesia and the Philippines have agreed to increase police co-operation to fight terrorism in the region,” reports Radio Australia. “… The police chiefs of the two countries say they will boost existing bilateral co-operation agreements on ‘preventing and suppressing terrorist activities’. They also agreed to a ‘regular exchange of information and fugitives.’” [View article]

Venezuela Says It Can Work With FBI, DEA but Not CIA (Reuters) “Venezuela is ready to work with U.S law enforcement agencies to fight terrorism and drug-trafficking but not with the CIA, because [the CIA] is trying to topple President Hugo Chavez,” Interior Minister Jesse Chacon said on Monday, according to Reuters. “Chacon swore in the new chief of Venezuela’s DISIP national intelligence service, Col. Henry Rangel, and said the service was willing to work with foreign counterparts, including agencies from the United States.” [View article]

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State and Local News

Atlanta Police and Fire Adopt One Set of Signals and Codes (Government Technology) “New signals and codes have been implemented between the Atlanta Police Department and the Atlanta Fire Rescue Department, according to Atlanta’s City Newsbytes newsletter,” reports Government Technology. “Police and fire will now have one set of 911 signals and codes to communicate with one another. The codes and signals will be in ‘plain talk’, which is recommended by The National Incident Management System Standard for effective communications between levels of government and private entities.” [View article]

Iowa Schools Protect Lunches From Bioterrorism (Waterloo Cedar-Falls [IA] Courier) “School officials throughout Iowa are being encouraged to find ways to protect school lunches from the threat of bioterrorism,” reports the Associated Press. “That means locking up food, keeping strangers out of food service areas, maintaining inventories and installing security cameras in food service areas. Federal agriculture officials have suggested the steps … Sam Beattie, Iowa State University Extension food safety specialist, said most parents can feel fairly confident in the security of the food supply.” [View article] [View School Lunches May Be Terror Target article]

New Homeland Security Bill Benefits Maryland (Baltimore Business Journal) “Maryland’s two U.S. senators [last] week said budget money earmarked for homeland security projects in a new appropriations bill would fund improvements at a Curtis Bay Coast Guard yard as well as provide training grants for local firefighters and other ‘first responders,’” reports the Baltimore Business Journal. “… The 2006 Homeland Security Appropriations bill includes $37.5 million to upgrade a fleet of Coast Guard cutters at its Curtis Bay yard. Language in the bill designates the Curtis Bay location a key component of Coast Guard homeland security efforts, meaning additional funding will be channeled to operations there.” [View article]

Boston Transit System to Have More Security Cameras (Boston Herald) Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority “officials are moving forward with plans to add scores of closed-circuit television cameras throughout the subway system to improve security and communication with customers,” reports the Boston Herald. “… When the work is done, officials said, the subway system will be monitored by hundreds of cameras that will be constantly watched by [transit authority] employees. The agency is also building three more ‘hub’ stations to allow the cameras to be monitored from remote locations throughout the system.” [View article]

Jackson, MS, Buys Camera Monitoring System (Gulfport, MS, Sun Herald) “City officials are preparing to unveil a new homeland security monitoring system that includes 20 cameras for high-crime areas, government buildings and illegal garbage dumping spots,” reports the Associated Press. “The City Council last week approved a $41,000 bid to buy the cameras. The equipment was purchased using money from a $400,000 federal grant.” [View article]

Criticized Border Camera System Works in Buffalo (Buffalo [NY] News) “In Washington, congressmen are denouncing the U.S. Border Patrol’s border camera system as a $239 million fiasco that has failed to improve security at the Mexican and Canadian borders,” reports the Buffalo News. “But in Buffalo Niagara, federal agents who use the system every day say it has provided a big boost to border surveillance efforts in Youngstown, Lewiston and Niagara Falls.” [View article]

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Private-Sector News

Senate Bill Would Reroute Hazmat Rail Shipments (Orlando [FL] Business Journal) “A bill introduced [on 16 June] in the U.S. Senate would require the Department of Homeland Security to develop a strategy for handling dangerous chemicals that would include rerouting rail shipments of ‘extremely hazardous material’ around ‘high-threat corridors,’” according to the Orlando Business Journal. “The Hazardous Material Vulnerability Reduction Act of 2005, sponsored by Sen. Joe Biden, D-Del., would affect Jacksonville-based CSX Transportation, which has key operations in Orlando. The bill comes while CSXT is suing the District of Columbia to void a recently enacted D.C. law that prohibits certain hazardous materials from being transported within 2.2 miles of the U.S.” Capitol. [View article]

Theme Park Spending Grows as Terrorism Fears Abate (Reuters) “Worldwide spending on theme parks and amusement parks is expected to increase 4.5 percent a year to $26.8 billion by 2009, driven by stronger economic growth and weakness in the U.S. dollar, according to PricewaterhouseCoopers.” Ron Cushey, director of advisory services for the consulting firm’s entertainment and media practice “said U.S. terrorism fears generated by the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks have abated, with attendance at destination parks in Florida and California rising by high single- and low double-digit rates last year.” [View article]

Natl. Retail Federation Teams With DHS (Convenience Store News) The National Retail Federation has partnered with the Homeland Security Department to involve retailers in a Homeland Security Information Network–Critical Infrastructure, according to Convenience Store News. The federation “is responsible for assessing the credentials of loss prevention and security executives at member companies who apply to participate in the infrastructure and has already recruited the participation of close to 100 companies.… Established in 2004, the network” lets participants send real-time, usable “information to law enforcement, fire departments, local government, businesses and others of potential terror threats and discuss day-to-day security issues. Participants are also able to use the system to share information on suspicious activities with federal authorities.” [View article]

Biometrics ID System Debuts at Orlando Intl. Airport (WFTV 9, Orlando, FL) Verified Identity Pass, Inc., hopes that as many as 30,000 people this year at Orlando International Airport will offer “up their biometric information for a program guaranteeing travelers an exclusive security line, and the promise of no random secondary pat-downs, in exchange for a background check by the Department of Homeland Security,” reports the Associated Press. “Those passengers who pay $80 a year to join the traveler pilot program called ‘Clear’ register by computer either at home or at the airport and give their biometric data at an airport kiosk resembling an oversize ATM machine. The information is then submitted to the Transportation Security Administration.” [View article]

Saflink, Microsoft Work on Mobile Security (Federal Computer Week) “Saflink this week disclosed an agreement with Microsoft in which the companies will provide a mobile security solution that supports federal requirements,” according to Federal Computer Week. “… The software, based on the company’s NetSign CAC smart card middleware, was developed specifically for use with Microsoft’s Windows Mobile 5.0 for Pocket PCs, according to Saflink. The software will be sold as part of a mobile solution that includes Axcess Technology mobile smart card readers. Saflink said the solution meets the mobile computing requirements of the Homeland Security Presidential Directive 12 credentialing policy and Federal Information Processing Standard 201.” [View article]

Ohio State Univ. Launches Security and Intelligence Major (Columbus [OH] Business First) Ohio State University has “launched a security and intelligence major for undergraduates for the summer quarter,” according to Columbus Business First. “The major includes courses on terrorism, weapons of mass destruction, code breaking and other areas related to national security. The major is housed in the International Studies program in Ohio State’s Colleges of Arts and Sciences, although it draws courses from a number of different disciplines. The university said its size gave it many different courses to choose from when designing the major.” [View article]

Utah: Airport Security Boosts Regional Aviation (Provo, UT, Daily Herald) “The added security after the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, had an unexpected positive effect on the aviation industry and Utah’s regional airports,” reports the Daily Herald. “The extra inconvenience caused more and more businesses to turn to privately owned planes to move their employees around the country, and those planes are seeking smaller airports at which to land. Combine that growth with the increased flight schools and helicopter landing schools in the area and the growth along the Wasatch Front in general, and airports like Provo Municipal, Ogden-Hinckley and Nephi Municipal are seeing an upswing in operations.” [View article]

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Publications

The International Journal of Critical Infrastructures, published by Inderscience of Zurich Switzerland, and edited by Professor Adrian V. Gheorghe of the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, is the latest in a new generation of inter-disciplinary and refereed scientific journals. The subject coverage includes theory, models, methodologies as well as case studies and software development. Volume One Number One can be viewed online at http://www.inderscience.com/. Subscription rates and order forms can also be found through this link.

The International Centre for Ethnic Studies based in Sri Lanka, has just published a new work entitled Paradise Poisoned: Learning about Conflict, Terrorism and Development from Sri Lanka’s Civil Wars authored by Professor John Richardson of American University in Washington, DC. Writing with an extensive knowledge of Sri Lanka and the terrorism that has disrupted the island for years, Professor Richardson argues the premise that “deadly conflict and terrorism are predictable and preventable” and lays out a number of suggestions in his book. The book can be ordered through www.ParadisePoisoned.com.

The article “The epidemiology of international terrorism involving fatal outcomes in developed countries (1994–2003)” written by Nick Wilson and George Thomson describes the public health burden and epidemiology of international terrorism (that is, involving foreign nationals) with fatal outcomes in developed countries is featured in the European Journal of Epidemiology May 2005 issue. An abstract of the article can be read on the SpringerLink site.

Upcoming Events

June

Market Opportunities in Food Security (27 June; Burr Ridge, IL) Public and private experts in food security and homeland defense will explore the current and emerging needs for products. Specialists will also discuss strategies to protect our food supply and why Illinois is positioned to be the nation’s leader in homeland security product development and production. RSVP by Monday, 13 June, with your name and company’s name to streed@iit.edu. [View conference website]

SecurE-Biz CxO Summit (29-30 June; Washington, DC) The Secure-Biz Executive Summit was established by the Office of Secretary of Defense to provide an interactive, educational program where the world's leading practitioners share best practices and lessons learned through conducting secure e-business. Some of the topics that will be discussed are technology readiness, information sharing, and cybersecurity. Note new conference dates: 29-30 June. [View conference website]

July

NACCHO-ASTHO 2005 Joint Conference (12-15 July; Boston) The 2005 joint conference of the National Association of County and City Health Officials and the Association of State and Territorial Health Officials has a theme of “Reversing the Tide: Promoting Policies and Programs to Advance the Nation’s Health.” The conference will focus national attention on critical public health issues, examine ways to strengthen and expand public health initiatives, and equip attendees with proven tools enabling them to strengthen their programmatic initiatives and more effectively influence local, state, and national policy. Particular attention will focus on the prevention of obesity and related chronic diseases. [View conference website]

Performance Measurement for Homeland Security Initiatives (19-21 July; Arlington, VA) Attend this conference to hear best practices and lessons learned on how to manage for results in homeland security. Hear from leading agency representatives and experts at the District of Columbia Emergency Management Agency, New York City Transit Authority, U.S. Government Accountability Office, Miami-Dade Fire Rescue, Florida, U.S. Coast Guard, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and more, what it takes to make performance measurement an integral part of your homeland security strategic planning process and improve results. For more information, please contact Melissa Wittenberg at (888) 362-7400 or visit [View conference website]

September

Detector/Sensor Research and Technology for Homeland and National Security (11-14 September; Knoxville, TN) Oak Ridge National Laboratory will host a workshop to be organized around four major components of all detection systems: sampling, sample preparation, analysis, and identification. Scientists, program managers, and policy makers from national laboratories, government and private agencies, academia, and instrument manufacturers who are interested in technological solutions to homeland security and national defense issues should plan to attend. The program will feature a panel discussion, plenary lectures by experts, and invited and contributed talks. Registration for the meeting, submission of abstracts for invited and contributed presentations, and reservation of space for exhibits can be done online. [View conference website]

Homeland Security Procurement 101 (22 Sept., 20 Oct., 1 Nov.; Washington, DC) The Department of Homeland Security will award billions of dollars in procurement contracts this year. Which companies will receive these awards, and what products will DHS purchase from them? Hear the answers at these day-long Defense Today sessions designed to help you and your team understand and participate in homeland security procurement. For more information visit www.kingpublishing.com/conferences or contact Melissa Monk by telephone at (202) 662-9732 or send an email to mmonk@kingpublishing.com.

AIAA’s New integrated Forum Addressing Information-Enabled Aerospace Systems, Capabilities, Applications, and Technologies (26-29 September; Arlington, VA) Infotech@Aerospace premiers AIAA’s first full-spectrum technical forum devoted to information-enabled aerospace systems, capabilities, applications, and technologies. Intended to serve as the Institute’s cornerstone event in addressing 21st-century aerospace opportunities and issues, it provides an opportunity for interaction among experts from a wide range of disciplines including intelligent systems, unmanned and robotic platforms and systems of all types, and enabling computing technologies. Experts from the research, design, development, manufacturing, test, and operations communities will share their observations, thoughts and ideas on a broad array of topics germane to aeronautical, space, and related robotic applications for military, civil, scientific, or commercial purposes. [View conference website]

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