As a follow-up to an earlier post I want to show you where some of your defense dollars go to. The projects that I represent here are just those of the Raytheon Corporation. There are literally hundreds of companies across the United States working on a number of defense driven initiatives with equal commercial promise.

My challenge to you is find one project in the list below that does not have commercial application. In fact, find one that would not accelerate technology and / or productivity.

• Advanced Chemical Battery Technologies: The Lithium Revolution
• Power Sources That Last a Century
• Creating Compact, Reliable and Clean Power With Fuel Cell Technology
• The Battlefield Game Changer: Portable and Wearable Soldier Power
• Solar Power: Applying Raytheon‘s Defense Technologies
• External Combustion Engines for Military Applications
• The ReGenerator: Alternative Energy for Expeditionary Missions
• Intelligent Power and Energy Management
• The Role of Energy Storage in Intelligent Energy Systems
• Cyber Risk Management in Electric Utility Smart Grids
• Cybersecurity for Microgrids
• Standardizing the Smart Grid

Information on many of these projects is directly available from Raytheon or check out a copy of Technology Today, 2011, Journal 1.