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The article reports on challenges that the unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) industry needs to address in the U.S. Topics discussed include the delay in the certification of larger civil UAV into the national aerospace, regulatory challenge of analyzing the levels of safety based on the number of seats and human life at risk on UAV, and difficulty of ensuring the efficiency of remotely piloted systems. Also cited are military contractor Northrop's airspace integration approach and consumer concept.

This article discusses the reluctance of many U.S. companies to adopt unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) for aerial inspection of facilities. The reluctance is attributed to the companies' perceived lack of added value as well as questions of safety. The case of Sky-Futures, a British company offering UAS inspection facilities to infrastructure companies, is discussed. Comments from John Moreland of the Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Systems Association are included.

Looks at the crisis in hip-hop music in the United States as indicated by the deaths of Tupac Shakur and Notorious B.I.G. Argument against speculations that both deaths were staged; Merger of gangsta rap and the criminal subculture they spring from; Other speculations concerning the deaths.

The article looks at the issues hampering integration of unmanned aircraft with general aviation (GA) in the U.S. airspace. It claims that multinational initiatives, experimental projects and piecemeal progress towards airspace integration in Europe is the same in the U.S. with the difference that Europe's regulators work in coalitions while the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is the U.S.' sole regulator. The FAA notes that there are 250,000 GA aircraft and some do not have transponders.

Focuses on New York City as the center for rap music in the United States. Development of rap music; Global expansion of the genre; Comparison of New York hip-hop sound and Los Angeles, Calif., hip-hop; Wu-Tung Clan as the hottest rap group in New York; Other notable rap artists. INSET: Metropolis now!..

The article examines the challenges brought about by data-privacy concerns from ongoing communications surveillance being conducted by the U.S. government. Topics discussed include industry consensus on a strategy for the National Security Agency (NSA) and telecom sector to capitalize on leaks of classified information. Security experts suggest tightening internal security at the NSA, while allowing analysts' access to vital data points that could reveal criminal and terrorist activity.

The article examines the use of drone aircraft in commercial aeronautics. A contrast is discussed between aviation policy in Great Britain in which the government has created areas of airspace for the use of drone aircraft and the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) has created policies for their use since 2001, and the U.S. where commercial use of drone aircraft remains illegal.

The article considers the use of offensive information warfare cyberoperations by the U.S. Marine Corps. A statement by Lieutenant General Richard Mills that he used such offensive cyberoperations as a commander in the Afghan War is cited as an example of the Corps' aggressive approach to information warfare. Differences between information and electronic warfare are considered.

The article reports on the cooperation between the U.S. Air Force and the British Royal Air force in training in B-2 Spirit stealth bomber mission and capabilities. The initiative is being undertaken under an exchange program under which the U.S. Air Force personnel trade places with those from the Royal Air Force. British pilot, Squadron Leader David Arthurton landed the first B-2 in Australia.

The article explains the use of military working dogs in counterterrorism operations of the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) in Afghanistan. Since 2005, the U.S., which leads the ISAF, has trained dogs to sense explosives, where one of them, Cairo, got involved in Operation Neptune Spear, which killed al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden in Abbottabad, Pakistan on May 2, 2011. British dogs of the ISAF were trained for explosive detection, vehicle search and protection.