"No real investments are going on, " said Brad Michelson, a vice president at Infinity Systems Engineering, a Colorado Springs-based government contractor in engineering, intelligence and information technology.

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To take my nominal, mostly abandoned profession of mechanical engineering, much of the intelligence is now in CAD tools.

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Each of the department heads is an expert in one of the major ship departmental functions: Ship Operations, Intelligence, Propulsion, Engineering, Combat Systems, Supply, Air Operations, Aircraft Maintenance, Safety, Training, Navigation, Religious Ministries and Medical.

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Aside from the United States and Britain, coalition troops mainly have been involved in support operations, such as force protection, guarding detention camps, training soldiers, intelligence gathering, ordnance disposal and engineering and medical work.

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Pixim's feat of engineering makes clever use of traditional imaging chips but adds some intelligence where it's needed most.

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American officials have previously cast doubt on Iran's ability to extract useful intelligence from the captured spy plane, and have said that reverse-engineering a copy would be beyond Iran's technological capability.

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Successful applicants to the Single Intelligence Account apprenticeship will pursue a foundation degree course in communications, security and engineering over two years at De Montfort University in Leicester.

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Building intelligence into a car so that it could drive itself safely will require a significant engineering work on the car and changes to how we design the transportation infrastructure.

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