Author Archives: Rebecca L. Grant, Ph.D.
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Make Way for USCYBERCOM
August 25, 2009- Rebecca L. Grant, Ph.D. He’s been pounding the table for two years about cyber issues. Now, a senior official explains some of the thinking behind the imminent stand-up of United States Cyber Command. The prototype sub-unified command already has all the tactical execution they [Read More...] -
Note to Forbes: Powerful Women in Defense
August 24, 2009- Rebecca L. Grant, Ph.D. Forbes just released its list of the world’s 100 Most Powerful Women. Chancellor Merkel is on top again, and rightly so. It’s impossible to quarrel with top ten CEOs like PepsiCo’s Indra Nooyi, DuPont’s Ellen Kullman or Anne Lauvergeon who [Read More...] -
STRATCOM Wants Orbital Tracking of Midcourse Warheads
August 24, 2009- Rebecca L. Grant, Ph.D. There’s hope at STRATCOM for space sensors in mid-course tracking of enemy missiles. Missile tracking after the booster rockets shut off…it’s like the holy grail in the complex equation of missile defense. Right now, infrared cues space-based systems as a [Read More...] -
Why Nuclear Power Is Part Of America’s Future
August 24, 2009- Rebecca L. Grant, Ph.D. Issue Brief If you’re a Democrat or Independent, you may have one prejudice that doesn’t embarrass you a bit: you dislike nuclear power. Gallup polls consistently find that about 59% of Americans overall support the use of nuclear power, but [Read More...] -
Energy Policy: Moving Forward on Smart Grid
August 21, 2009- Rebecca L. Grant, Ph.D. You can manage your mobile phone plan, but not your household electricity. That’s because the electricity grid that powers America hasn’t changed much since the early 20th Century. But it won’t be that way for much longer. Smart grid is [Read More...] -
Nuclear Power At The Polls: 59% Approval Rating
August 20, 2009- Rebecca L. Grant, Ph.D. Yes, a politician running for office would be thrilled with the numbers routinely posted by Americans polled on whether they support nuclear power. Gallup pollsters started asking the question back in 1994. Since then, nuclear power never dipped below a [Read More...] -
Moving Forward On Smart Grid
August 20, 2009- Rebecca L. Grant, Ph.D. Research Study New information technologies make it possible to put in place a “smart grid” capable of two-way communication and many more functions to control supply and demand. A smart grid can help prevent black-outs, give consumers up-to-the-minute information on [Read More...] -
Air Force Cyber Warriors
August 19, 2009- Rebecca L. Grant, Ph.D. You can’t always get what you want, but if you try sometimes, you get what you need. The Air Force set off almost 4 years ago to get serious about cyber. Air, space and cyber became the new mission. Initial [Read More...] -
JSTARS Moving Target Intel Has Many Users In War Zones
August 18, 2009- Rebecca L. Grant, Ph.D. Ever heard of airborne forensics? One of the hottest tools for hunting Taliban in Afghanistan is something called ground moving target indicator, produced by the Air Force’s JSTARS radar plane. JSTARS flies nightly missions with a crew of 20 or [Read More...] -
Navy: Say Hello To Stealth And Unmanned Warplanes
August 14, 2009- Rebecca L. Grant, Ph.D. Loren is right to worry about the UCAS delay (posted August 13). But there’s a bigger issue. Remarkably, the Navy has so far failed to buy its fliers stealth fighter-attack aircraft (around since the early 1980s) or big unmanned planes [Read More...]