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IEEE Special Report: What's Wrong With Weapons Procurement?
windsofchange.net - 11/10/2008
IEEE Special Report: What's Wrong With Weapons Procurement?
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(click to visit) IEEE originally stood for the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, but the organization's scope of interest has expanded into so many related fields that it's now known only by its acronym. One field of intense interest to many IEEE members is the defense ...

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