The Uk Defence Industrial Base: Development and Future Policy Options

Business & Money

Hayward, Keith

Taylor, Trevor

Economics

Potomac Books Inc.

The Dangers of New Weapon Systems

History

Military

PALGRAVE~MACMILLAN

British Defence in the 21st Century (Contemporary Security Studies)

Louth, John

Reference

Routledge

Microsoft Robotics Developer Studio (MRDS) offers an exciting new wayto program robots in the Windows environment. With key portions of the MRDS code available in source form, it is readily extensible and offers numerous opportunities for programmers and hobbyists. This comprehensive book illustrates creative ways to use the tools and libraries in MRDS so you can start building innovative new robotics applications. 
The book begins with a brief overview of MRDS and then launches into MRDS concepts and takes a look at fundamental code patterns that can be used in MRDS programming. You'll work through examples—all in C#—of common tasks, including an examination of the physics features of the MRDS simulator. As the chapters progress, so does the level of difficulty and you'll gradually evolve from navigating a simple robot around a simulated course to controlling simulated and actual robotic arms, and finally, to an autonomous robot that runs with an embedded PC or PDA. What you will learn from this book <ul>
<li>How to program in the multi-threaded environment provided by the concurrency and coordination runtime</li> <li>Suggestions for starting and stopping services, configuring services, and packaging your services for deployment</li> <li>Techniques for building new services from scratch and then testing them</li> <li>How to build your own simulated environments and robots using the Visual Simulation Environment</li> <li>What robots are supported under MRDS and how to select one for purchase</li> </ul> Who this book is for This book is for programmers who are interested in becoming proficient in the rapidly growing field of robotics. All examples featured in the book are in C#, which is the preferred language for MRDS.

Professional Microsoft Robotics Developer Studio

Computers & Technology

Johns, Kyle

Computer Science

Wrox Pr Inc

European Defence Cooperation (Chatham House Papers)

Council on Foreign Relations

The collapse of the Soviet Union has placed a daunting list of new concerns on the West's security agenda, including ways of promoting the civilian and democratic oversight of defence policy in the successor states, disposing of tons of fissile material in Russia, defusing Russian-Ukrainian relations, and sustaining the independence of the Baltic states. This book systematically analyses the spectrum of new security problems and suggests how they might be addressed in the light of the fundamental goals of Western policy and the inherent uncertainties within the successor-states. Particular attention is paid to Russia as a key player in future European security, and to the contribution of NATO, the alliance primarily responsible for European security during the Cold War. The author advocates Western policies that will both encourage positive developments in the region and allow the interests of the West to survive moves towards assertive nationalism in the former Soviet Union.

European Security and the Former Soviet Union: Dangers, Opportunities, and Gambles

Politics & Social Sciences

Politics & Government

Brookings Inst Pr

Future Sources of Global Conflict (Security Challenges for Japan and Europe in a Post-Cold War World, Vol 4)

World

The Defence Industrial Triptych: Government as a Customer, Sponsor and Regulator (Whitehall Papers)

The relationship between government and the businesses that contribute towards the defence and security of the state is a critical one; it often underscores a modern state’s foreign policy and sense of place in the world. Yet, despite its clear importance, this subject is underexplored and rarely analysed in a rigorous manner. As a consequence, government defence industrial policies, if they exist at all, often seem somewhat contrived, ill-considered and contradictory.   The Defence Industrial Triptych systematically analyses the components and drivers of the relationships that bind a government to its defence industrial base by examining three major case studies: the UK, US and Germany, who between them account for over three quarters of NATO defence spending. The features of their defence industrial relationships –whether common or unique – provide vital lessons for policy-makers, industrialists and the taxpayer. As defence cuts bite across NATO and as the UK approaches the 2015 Strategic Defence and Security Review, the relationships this Whitehall Paper considers are more important than ever.

The Defence Industrial Triptych: Government as a Customer, Sponsor and Regulator of Defence Industry (Whitehall Papers)

Heidenkamp, Henrik

This book analyses UK defence as a complex, interdependent public-private enterprise covering politics, management, society, and technology, as well as the military.  Building upon wide-ranging applied research, with extensive access to ministers, policy makers, senior military commanders, and industrialists, the book characterises British defence as a phenomenon that has endured extensive transformation this century. Looking at the subject afresh as a complex, extended enterprise involving politics, alliances, businesses, skills, economics, military practices, and citizens, the authors profoundly reshape our understanding of ‘defence’ and how it is to be commissioned and delivered in a world dominated by geopolitical risks and uncertainties. The book makes the case that this new understanding of defence must inevitably lead to new policies and processes to ensure its health and vitality.  This book will be of much interest to students of defence studies, British politics, and military and strategic studies, as well as policy makers and practitioners.

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