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DCS 2017 Brings Defense, Environment Into Focus

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JUSTINE MURPHY, SENIOR EDITOR, [email protected]

Changes in the nature of warfare in today’s high-tech world demand the most advanced tools for soldiers and others in the defense and security sectors. Environmental and health care segments are evolving, too, as an onset of innovative technologies is improving medical care and environmental monitoring. SPIE’s annual Defense + Commercial Sensing (DCS) event — to be held this year in Anaheim, Calif., from April 9 to 13 — brings such advancement into focus. Courtesy of SPIE. “In recent years the imaging and sensing market has exploded as consumer...Read full article

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    Published: February 2017
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