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Presents information on the committees and divisions of the U.S. National Defense Industrial Association. Functions of the Division Review Council; Mission of the Armaments Division; Services provided by the Ballistics Division.

Reports on a live firing demonstration of an electronic ballistics system developed by Metal Storm Ltd. in the U.S. Navy's Picatinny Arsenal in 2004. Number of payload carried by the firing system; Characteristics of a bullet used in the system; Significance of primers to the firing system.

Focuses on the observation on the occurrence of ballistic conductance which occurs when electrons pass through a conductor without heating it by a team of scientists from the Georgia Institute of Technology in Atlanta, Georgia. Description of the effect; Causes; Potential applications of the effect.

The article focuses on strategies used by hunters in the U.S. to enhance hunting including social endorsement through marketing tools such as Facebook and Twitter and it also informs that hunters use ballistic data applications which help them to determine the distance traveled by bullet.

The article reports on the delivery of side ballistic inserts (ESBI) from the Arizona-based ArmorWorks to the U.S. Army. It is stated that this started the fulfillment of a multi-year ESBI award of up to $543 million. Morgan AM&T's new production line in supplying ceramic plates for the company's side armor system came on-stream.

Presents information on Lifeguard, a device developed by researchers at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, which tracks bullets in flight and identifies their origin within hundredths of a second. Key components of the system; Development information; Contact information.