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    U.S. soldiers engage targets in the Sgt. Stout air defense artillery vehicle -- a Stryker A1 variant.
    John Keller
    July 9, 2025
    Sgt Stout has Hellfire and Stinger missiles, a 30-millimeter cannon, and in the future will have laser weapons to take down aerial threats.

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    Navy researchers are asking industry for enabling technologies in artificial intelligence, hypersonics, and cyber security
    Sierra Nevada Corp. is using sensor fusion in avionics designed to help helicopters take off and land in degraded visual conditions.
    SONGBOW involves pulsed fiber laser technology and laser control for directed-energy weapons to counter incoming missiles and UAVs.
    The Software Engineering Institute (SEI) in Pittsburgh focuses on software engineering; cyber security and trusted computing; artificial intelligence (AI); DevSecOps; military software acquisition; and vulnerability analysis.
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    Nucleus of an atom molecule structure with radiation light nano physics science illustration model concept.
    The Clear Align Mamba portable border and perimeter-security surveillance systems are the basis for the Security Forces Tactical Security System (TSS)
    A Navy EA-18G Growler with Electronic Attack Squadron VAQ-135 Black Ravens at Naval Air Station Whidbey Island, Wash., is maintained by its crew.
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    Digital composite video depicts a reconnaissance uncrewed aircraft as it keeps watch on moving vehicles.
    John Keller
    June 23, 2025
    Attacks from small uncrewed aircraft -- especially in the Ukraine war -- are demonstrated to damage, disable, and destroy armored combat vehicles.
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    The Army is looking for a Ka-band satellite communications (SATCOM) tactical terminal for next-generation battlefield communications
    John Keller
    June 23, 2025
    The terminal must already be tested and demonstrated in a high-fidelity laboratory or in a simulated environment.
    The Lockheed Martin Modernized Target Acquisition Designation Sight/Pilot Night Vision Sensor (M-TADS/PNVS) has an eye-safe rangefinder and day sensor electronics unit
    John Keller
    June 20, 2025
    M-TADS/PNVS provides helicopter pilots with long-range precision engagement and pilotage capabilities during day, at night, and in bad weather.
    A Navy fire controlman stands the radar watch aboard the Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Dewey (DDG 105).
    John Keller
    June 20, 2025
    June order follows a $536.8 million Navy AMDR contract in late May for late-model Arleigh Burke-class (DDG 51) Aegis destroyer surface warships.
    A QF-16 uncrewed aerial target departs following a test of a Bak-12 aircraft arresting system at MacDill Air Force Base, Fla.
    John Keller
    June 18, 2025
    The QF-16 target drones are replacing the Air Force's fleet of QF-4 target drones, which convert from McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom jet fighters.