A joint integrated process team tasked with devising ways to defeat the handmade bombs that have killed and wounded scores of U.S. soldiers in Iraq will hold a classified industry outreach conference Nov. 18 at the Defense Acquisition University at Ft. Belvoir, VA, according to a Pentagon announcement. In Iraq, improvised explosive devices have become the signature weapon of the insurgency, posing one of the biggest threats to military and civilian personnel. As Inside the Army reported on Oct. 25,...