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    A weapon loader crew uploads a Joint Air-to-Surface Standoff Missile to an external pylon on a B-1B Lancer at Edwards Air Force Base, Calif., last December.
    John Keller
    Aug. 19, 2025
    LRASM is designed to detect and destroy high-priority targets within groups of ships from extended ranges in electronic warfare jamming environments.

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    The convergence of cyber and physical attack surfaces in modern warfare increases the risk of catastrophic breaches, making hardware- and software-level security measures a foundational requirement.
    Sailors aboard the aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78) practice loading an inert-dummy RIM-162 Evolved SeaSparrow Missile into a launcher.
    The Gateway space station will be a vital component of the Artemis missions to return humans to the lunar surface for scientific discovery and chart the path for the first human missions to Mars.
    A BQM-177 is launched from the U.S. Marine Corps Medium Range Intercept Capability system during a live-fire test at White Sands Missile Range, N.M., in September 2022.
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    An ATC tower at an airport in front of a sunrise or sunset.
    A U.S. Navy sailor stands watch in the combat information center aboard the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Wayne E. Meyer (DDG 108) last month. The ship uses the CEC battle-management and networking system.
    Credit: NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center/Chris Smith (KBRwyle)
    This artist’s concept shows NASA’s Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory orbiting above Earth. Credit: NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center/Chris Smith (KBRwyle)
    Raytheon is building launchers to enable helicopters and UAVs to launch the shoulder-fired Stinger missile, shown here.
    John Keller
    Aug. 13, 2025
    Launchers pair with helicopter and UAV avionics, and use the same missile as the shoulder-launched Stinger, but with specialized launch rails.
    Military researchers are trying to develop energy-efficient approaches to power-hungry machine learning applications on the battlefield.
    John Keller
    Aug. 12, 2025
    Machine learning uses an inordinate amount of electricity, which could overwhelm current power generation and storage capabilities on the battlefield.
    Impulse Space
    Two workers in a cleanroom facility along with Impulse Space's technology
    Jamie Whitney
    Aug. 12, 2025
    Questions and answers: What is NASA contracting Impulse Space to do? NASA selected Impulse Space to produce two studies on orbital transfer vehicle (OTV) services under its...
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    The scaling limitations of homogeneous quantum computing architectures are expected to limit the size and computational power of these complex systems.
    John Keller
    Aug. 12, 2025
    The HARQ program's goal is a new heterogeneous quantum computing paradigm that eliminates the constraints of homogeneous single-qubit systems.
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    M-FAT seeks to blur the line between EW and cyber warfare by developing cyber countermeasures that disrupt small uncrewed aircraft -- particularly command and control links -- in contested environments with an emphasis on low-collateral damage.
    John Keller
    Aug. 11, 2025
    M-FAT seeks to counter swarming uncrewed aircraft with electronic warfare (EW); cyber warfare; machine automation; and low-collateral-damage missiles.